Media Bias Outrage of the Week - A Politically Correct Sniper: Feel the Joy!

Citizens Coalition for Responsible Media (CCRM) ^ | 10/14/2002 | Peacerose

[Peacerose]

A Politically Correct Sniper:
Feel the Joy!

10/14/2002
The residents of the Washington D.C. area have plenty to worry about here lately. The so-called "Beltway Sniper" has murdered citizens as they go about the most mundane errands. Yet there is one thing they don't have to worry about: at least this sniper is not motivated by racial prejudice.

This warm-fuzziness is brought to us by the Washington Post. On October 4, after the first five victims had been gunned down in Montgomery County, Maryland, the they ran a story with the following headline: "Arbitrary Victims, Identical Fate" with the subhead, "County's Growing Diversity Reflected in Those Gunned Down."

This front-page article celebrates the diversity of the sniper's victims. It almost seems as if, failing to find a racial-hate motivation, the author needed to bring this good news to the readers. 'Yippee skippee! At least it's not a hate crime!'

Join me in informing the Washington Post that the murder of any person for any reason is horrible. Below is the contact information.

The Washington Post
1150 15th Street NW
Washington, DC 20071

(202) 334-6000

E-mail contact page

Read more here:

The Washington Post: Arbitrary Victims, Identical Fate

MRC CyberAlert, 10/07/2002

[Peacerose]

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[Peacerose]

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[clintonh8r]

Apparently lefties think murder isn't as bad if the victims have a nice diversity component...and as long as there's no "hate" involved.

ps: Anybody spot Teddy-the-K doing the zigzag walk yet?

[glock rocks]

bonk.

[FroedrickVonFreepenstein]

Teddy-the-K has doing the zig-zag walk for decades. Its Scotch induced.

[E.G.C.]

Thank you, Peacerose.

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[farmfriend]

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[RAT Patrol]

Done!

[mhking]

In other words, "Sniper continues kills; women, minorities most affected" - feh.

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[Palladin]

Ah, yes, let us all embrace this politically-correct, racially-diverse sniper! </sarcasm>

[Freedom2specul8]

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[Utah Girl]

Thanks for posting this. I do almost get the feeling that because the victims have had different color skin, that it is OK to identify the sniper as a man with olive colored skin. Sheesh.

[farmfriend]

As most serial killers are young white males, you would think that the possiblility this one is ethnic would be front page news.

[bert]

I hope they don't get mad and sue you :-)

[joesnuffy]

Would hatred of muslims for Christians and Jews and Americans and Westerners count? NAW...

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Does anyone remember a comedy western film from about 20 years ago. I think Gene Wilder might have been in it. He and some buddies are in a third world Latin American (?) country, and the crazy general is shooting at them, and one of the buddies tells them that the way to avoid being shot is to walk in a "serpentine" manner?

They start walking in these crazy lines, yelling "serpentine!, serpentine!"

[WaveThatFlag]

As most serial killers are young white males..

Even in, say, China?

[gitmo]

No Eskimos are amoung the victims so far. Could be a racist Eskimo group wreaking vengence on other races.

[Randjuke]

Yes, thank God these aren't hate crimes!