MSM caricature. Their picture of conservatives are holy roller and confederate flag in the back of the pick up truck with a gun rack redneck types. The bias is predictable. Oh and didn't the
Los Angeles Times pledge the other day in its ethics code to get opinion out of their front page news stories? Sure sounds like an editorial opinion to me.
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)