Ted Stevens indicted, longest-serving GOP senator.
Oh, wait. No guessing here. The AP put his political affiliation right there in the headline.
MSNBZZZZzzzz mentions his political affiliation in the second sentence.
ABC News writes his political affiliation on the second word of the first sentence.
The LA Times waits until the seventh word of the first sentence.
NPR hot links "the longest-serving Republican in Senate history." Just for the highlight effect, I presume.
Golly. You can't put one over on these professional news people. Unless the evil doer is a democrat, then you pretty much have to break out your super double secret decoder ring to discover that political party affiliation.
Update:
It's funny because there is some truth in it.
