Deadly Impressions

National Review On Line ^ | January 11, 2006 | Heather Mac Donald

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The press prides itself on its sympathy for the underdog, but its reaction to the recent killing of New York Times reporter David E. Rosenbaum shows the limits of its imagination.

Street thugs robbed Rosenbaum of his wallet outside his home in Washington, D.C., last Friday night and bludgeoned him to death. Understandably and properly, tributes to the reporter have poured in from his colleagues and from politicians across Washington. But the following statement from pundit Cokie Roberts takes an unexpected turn that illustrates the media's blind spot. "You hear so many scandals out of Washington," said Roberts on National Public Radio, "that you forget the good parts, people who are here working every day to serve the public

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This is a generally good article, except for the fact that it doesn't mention how the liberal media's consistent addiction to depriving law abiding people of the right to self defense is one of the main reasons this murder occurred. It would be nice to see somebody pick up on that issue.