and I realize yours was about Murtha - but still my point is the same-I would argue it rarely has to do with "that which is newsworthy" - it's about support the chosen agenda -
also I'd say am in total agreement with Andrea again, when she indicated that the big 3 networks are not even close "to the middle" in their news reporting -
on the site link I posted there are numerous examples - and the "notables quotables" were very interesting.