News outlets described Katrina probe as "bipartisan," ignored that Democrats will be outnumbered and lack subpoena power

[I]n the week following the Republicans' announcement, several news outlets simply described Democrats as objecting to the formation of a "bipartisan" congressional panel. While some of these outlets did mention the Democratic support for an independent investigation modeled on the 9-11 Commission, they all ignored the Democrats' specific objections to the GOP-led probe. For example, on the September 12 edition of CNN's Anderson Cooper 360, CNN White House correspondent Suzanne Malveaux reported that Democrats refused to join the proposed investigation because "they just don't think it's a good idea."