If it doesn't happen in D.C., or maybe NY, it's not much news. If the snipers did their thing in Seattle, the national press wouldn't have their commute times disrupted, so it would be less covered.
Plus it has to do with lawyers, maybe. This guy, like the Smiley Face bomber doesn't have a lawyer mouthing off in the press. Johnny Taliban's did, seemingly planned. Unlike the smiley face bombers parents, Johnny's don't realize their kid is crazy.
If it doesn't happen in D.C., or maybe NY, it's not much news.
Unless the victim is homosexual or black. Then it's a very significant crime, an indication of just how horrible straight white folks are. The victim in the Red Bluff shooting was *only* a police officer; the national media could not care less for him or his family.
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