January 28, 2002 – The News Hour's Jim Lehrer opened and closed the program with his usual news summary.  One of the show's first items was about the possibility that the G.A.O. (which he called a "watchdog" office) will sue the president and vice-president to gain release of the details of certain conversations they had with respect to ENRON, the energy company that recently folded.  
 
Here is what Jim Lehrer did not mention during those two  announcements.  David M. Walker is the Comptroller General of the United States.  He is  the head of the General Accounting Office, the investigative arm of Congress.  Walker is a late 90's Bill Clinton appointee whose previous job was as a partner at Arthur Andersen, LLP, ENRON’s accounting firm.  

That's right.  The GAO is investigating ENRON'S massive accounting irregularities, and the Comptroller General is a man who left his partnership in ENRON's accounting firm to become the head of the agency !!  Hit this link and see for yourself.  David Walker of the GAO 

And, Jim Lehrer didn't think this information was relevant to the news item? 

This is the smoking gun of mainstream media bias, folks.  The blue dress. For Lehrer to begin and close with that item, but to leave David Walker out of it  is outrageous! An insult to the nation, to the concept of justice and to his profession.  PBS owes America an apology.  Jim Lehrer ought to find a job he's good at.  (LL) 

Update: On January 31, the News Hour's award-winning reporter, Ray Suarez, did an expanded segment on this topic which included video of Mr. Walker making comments.  Henry Waxman, a Democrat congressmen who supported the appointment of Walker, was also in this segment.  No mention of Walker's Andersen/Enron ties was made.  The lies and hypocrisy continue.

For more about this endemic mainstream media liberal bias, read the new Oregon Magazine piece about Bernard Goldberg's new book. 

The Jim Lehrer photo is a hotlink to the PBS News Hour site so you can take a look to see if you can find any reference to this dirty little bit of business.