1. What type of media bias does the excerpt illustrate?

2. NY Times’ reporter Nick Corasaniti responded to Texas Tribune editor Evan Smith’s tweet. Read the reaction to Mr. Corasaniti's explanation from twitter users' tweets:

• "An oversight"... I've never seen any piece written about any politician that didn't mention his/her party, eg (D-NJ)
• And your editor also happened to have the exact same "oversight" as you did??
• If Menendez was a Republican, you would have mentioned it in the first paragraph without any prompting from Twitter
• Adding back? So it was originally in, then removed, now back. Odd.
• Oversight lol, if a republican it would have been in the title and every paragraph
• If he was a Republican it would of been blasted all over the headline!

What do you think?
a) Is including the party affiliation of a U.S. Senator (or U.S. Representative, Governor or mayor) basic journalism?  Explain your answer.
b) Do the twitter users above have a point, or do you think omitting Senator Menendez’s Democratic affiliation was just an oversight on the part of the reporter and editor?  Explain your answer.
c) Should the Times have noted that the article had been updated to include Senator Menendez’s political affiliation?