BLAME: ABC Pins VA Election Loss on GOP ‘Exploiting Parents’s Fears’

[See NewsBusters for more.] The media blame game for Tuesday’s Democratic election losses intensified on Thursday as ABC’s Jon Karl pinned the losses in Virginia on Republicans “exploiting parents's fears” when it came to issues like crime. What, specifically, could Karl be referring to? Perhaps the rape of a young teen by a boy in the girl’s bathroom? Karl didn’t explain and the networks have been hiding the Loudoun, Virginia rape story that galvanized the governor’s race in Virginia. Karl huffed, “Especially in the suburbs where the battle will be fought for control of Congress. Republicans were able to exploit fears, parents's fears with crime.