As soon as I heard the report on Good Morning America today describing a possible suspect in the murder of Chandra Levy as an “immigrant,” my antenna went up.  So, was he a high-tech worker, here on a H-1B visa? Or perhaps a permanent resident, proud holder of a green card?  Somehow I didn’t think so.

It took all of 15 seconds to Google out this Washington Post article stating that the possible suspect, Ingmar A. Guandique,  is an illegal immigrant. But GMA didn’t bother to mention that inconvenient fact.

ABC’s Pierre Thomas narrated the segment, which began with Chandra’s parents standing outside their Modesto, California home, saying they’d been informed that an arrest could be imminent.   They indicated they thought they knew who the suspect is but didn’t want to name him at that time.

PIERRE THOMAS:  Last night Levy’s parents did not confirm the name of a suspect, but they hinted at his identity.

MR. LEVY: Yeah, it’s been a suspect for a long time.

THOMAS:  The likely suspect, according to sources: Salvadorean immigrant Ingmar Guandique, who has long been a person of interest in the case.

Given that Guandique has been in the news for years, and his identity as an illegal well known, why do you think ABC decided to omit that fact?

Note: speaking of inconvenient truths, GMA also omitted the fact that Gary Condit, with whom Chandra had a romantic relationship, was a Democrat.  ABC referred to him only as “Congressman Gary Condit.”