What makes Spencer believe that political correctness is involved in the Cole and Marshall takes on the story? Of course, there are various aspects to the story. Spencer wants to emphasize the the brutal nature of fundamentalist Muslims. Fine. This is a lesson learned many times, especially in the last ten years. However, both Cole and Marshall understand that the more important political lesson involves whether the MSM can be exposed as an appeaser in the WOT and as an unreliable dispenser of information. Cole wants the blame to fall to President Bush, because he hates America above all else. Conservatives generally want to undermine the credibility of the biased media. The conservatives are winning this round. Spencer does a disservice to distract from that fact.
Partisan politics and media credibility aside, Spencer is pointing out the elephant or gorilla in the room. We are involved in much larger war than terrorism, which is just a manifestation of the struggle between Islam and modernity. If we are afraid to identify the problem, we will never solve it. Conservatives and liberals in this country are afraid to state that radical Islam is the enemy and that the Muslim silent majority sympathizes with the extremists.
We Conservatives can beat our breasts about the MSM being appeasers on the WOT and push our partisan advantage on this issue, but to say that Mr. Spencer "does a disservice to distract from that fact" politicizes further any real discussion of the issue, i.e., radical Islam.
Spencer's article is not a diversion, it gets to the heart of the problem. If we have to walk on eggshells re Islam for fear of inciting death and mayhem, it says more about us than our enemy.