The national press can't be bothered to cover a story like this. They are too busy putting together the latest retelling of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd stories. It is very necessary to report stories that fit the political template, comrade. Stories like this one only confuse the sheep and make them restless.
"...the lack of national press coverage of this atrocity". I read Free Republic for my news and it is being reported here. I watch only FoxNews and hear nothing. I no longer buy newspapers so I don't know if it's being reported in them. But being that it is such a horrific case, the silence from the media is deafening. Ah, if only one of those poor people had a gun. And, as another poster said, why didn't they fight back somehow. I've never been in such a ghastly circumstance, but I like to think I would have died fighting.
I remember once, many years ago when I lived in Queens, a friend and I had dinner together after work and we took the subway home. It was well past rush hour, but the train had a fair amount of folks on it. Suddenly the door to our car smashed open and about eight black guys, who would make the two who murdered these people look like angels, came in. It was truly frightening - beyond belief scary. I remember thinking "Well if I'm gonna die, my only weapon are my finger nails and one may kill me, but I'll pull his eyes out before I die". These guys didn't cause any trouble on the train that night. These days, law abiding citizens must be armed and angry in order to survive. Anger is good. Strong anger helps overcome fear. Rage is even better.