Yes. Even that long ago the media bent over backwards to keep from identifying him as Democrat. If he had been a Republican, that would have been attached to every single news report/account published or broadcast.And Nagin was convicted for stealing the relief funds. If I'm not mistaken, he won free room and board in prison for that!!!
And now the media is not only highly partisan but no long even tries to be objective when they protect Democrats and attack Republicans. We cannot trust either the government or the Democrat controlled media to tell us what is happening.
That woman making her report in the OP is far more likely to be honest about what is happening in North Carolina than any leftist talking head on television. Most especially since she was intentionally not engaging in hyperbole or insinuations of blame but was just telling it like it is.