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The Killing Of Matthew Shepard Was A Free Political Commercial
Free Republic: KS_Flyover's archived threads on the Wichita Massacre ^ | November 4, 2002 | aas

Posted on 11/04/2002 2:22:04 PM PST by an amused spectator

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It's past time for these people in the news media. They've dug their own graves with their non-coverage on this story.
1 posted on 11/04/2002 2:22:05 PM PST by an amused spectator
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To: KS Flyover
I felt that the words above needed saying.

You've done a fine job on the Wichita story. Thanks for all your hard work.

2 posted on 11/04/2002 2:25:13 PM PST by an amused spectator
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I felt that the words above needed saying.

And you've said them very eloquently. Thanks.

3 posted on 11/04/2002 2:35:40 PM PST by jigsaw
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To: an amused spectator; TroutStalker; alfa6; mjaneangels@aolcom; carlo3b; dennisw; Judith Anne; ...
Thank you. Excellect job!

"Wichita Massacre" murder trial "Ping List"

Please let me know if you want on (or off) this list.

4 posted on 11/04/2002 2:38:34 PM PST by KS Flyover
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To: an amused spectator
Beautifully and powerfully written. And direct to the point. Hear, hear!
5 posted on 11/04/2002 2:48:28 PM PST by IronJack
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To: an amused spectator
No news photos of the Kerrs to be found, either, just some football players with that name. But *Kerr* would be a good short word that'd fit nicely on a card around the neck of an editor or news director hanging from a light pole someday....

-archy-/-

6 posted on 11/04/2002 3:10:40 PM PST by archy
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To: an amused spectator
Very well put. That was actually kind of moving!
7 posted on 11/04/2002 3:21:07 PM PST by axel f
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Wonderfully written, and I will never forget about this case; it's in my heart and my mind forever. Wonderful human beings that had much to offer to our society, snuffed out by two of the devil's creation. So sad.
8 posted on 11/04/2002 3:25:24 PM PST by IamHD
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Thank you for adding me to your ping list and for keeping us abreast of this atrocity.
9 posted on 11/04/2002 3:26:29 PM PST by IamHD
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To: an amused spectator
It's past time for these people in the news media. They've dug their own graves with their non-coverage on this story.

You outrage is fully justified. But your prediction is overly optimistic. We need to go after the media. But there are real mountains--public relations mountains--to climb, before we will ever have a prayer of gaining the upper hand. And the battle will not end in any of our lifetimes.

The leftward drift in academics, journalism, theology and politics, reflects some complex causes. But it is real, and exposing it will offer a slight antidote to its poison, but will not in and of itself reverse the trend.

That said, your post has value. You make the essential point, you seek. Now that you have identified a part of the problem, I hope that your commitment to fighting it will not wane.

William Flax Return Of The Gods Web Site

10 posted on 11/04/2002 3:28:37 PM PST by Ohioan
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QUOTE "I regretfully conclude that the reason most Americans know about Matthew Shepard is because his death was used as a free political commercial by the Left, to advertise their views about this country and their political enemies under the guise of "breaking news".

Has nothing to do with the left or the right. Gay people are killed weekly in America but they do not always make HUGE headlines. It is SADLY the flavor of the day when it ocmes to the media. It is the EXACT same way with kidnappings...murders...rapists...shark attacks...Condit...whatever the flavor of the day is. It is sad...but true. It has nothing to do with the Left or the Right. It has everything to do with where the cameras happen to be...and who happens to be calling the shots on the day in question. News or not...

11 posted on 11/04/2002 3:32:13 PM PST by Lucas1
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I seriously doubt there is any help for the media. The only help we can hope for is to get new people in there that have some sort of belief system. And that will only happen one by one.
12 posted on 11/04/2002 3:34:10 PM PST by Lucas1
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Thanks, IronJack. Coming from a man who has a way with words himself, I consider it to be a mighty compliment.
13 posted on 11/04/2002 4:03:23 PM PST by an amused spectator
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Now that you have identified a part of the problem, I hope that your commitment to fighting it will not wane.

I've been a thorn in the media's side here on FR for five years.

My point is that we can now identify "news" to our friends, family and cultural opponents with an immediate and dismissive "political commercial" label. If they dissent, ask them who Matthew Shepard, Reginald Carr and Heather Muller are. ;-)

14 posted on 11/04/2002 4:06:58 PM PST by an amused spectator
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---It has nothing to do with the Left or the Right.---

Wrong
15 posted on 11/04/2002 4:10:19 PM PST by republicman
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I seriously doubt there is any help for the media. The only help we can hope for is to get new people in there that have some sort of belief system. And that will only happen one by one.

You are right on with this post, but you are wrong about the Left.

The Left in America has populated the newsrooms with "political commissars" - this is a documented fact.

The beating of Matthew Shepard and the killing of James Byrd were worth millions of dollars in free advertising to our left-wing friends.

16 posted on 11/04/2002 4:10:46 PM PST by an amused spectator
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To: republicman
What you said. ;-)
17 posted on 11/04/2002 4:11:16 PM PST by an amused spectator
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I regretfully conclude that the reason most Americans know about Matthew Shepard is because his death was used as a free political commercial by the Left, to advertise their views about this country and their political enemies under the guise of "breaking news".

Great editorial. Well written and extremely insightful.

Your analogy of a political commercial is dead on. There is nothing sincere or genuine in HC laws or the way they are reported. They are just the left taking events that confirm their world view and zealously broadcasting them (whites victimizing blacks, straights victimizing gays). While then taking things that don't confirm their world view and hiding them (like this case).

Under any intelligent evaluation Liberalism is revealed as a failed system Therefore it cannot exist without mind control (and the "commercials" needed to excercise that control). And its biggest accomplice in that department is the mainstream media.

As to the solution--It would be a nice if we could snap our fingers and balance the media. But there is no real way to do that. Instead, hopefully alternative sources like Foxnews, talk radio, and the Washington Timnes will continue to grow and flourish.

18 posted on 11/04/2002 4:26:30 PM PST by republicman
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The case has become a rallying cry for white supremacists groups across the nation because the defendants are black while the victims were white.

There they go again. Anyone who believes that hate crime laws should apply equally to all is a "white supremacist"

As "an amused spectator" might say this little snippet was just another free political commercial for the left

19 posted on 11/05/2002 2:24:39 PM PST by republicman
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I agree entirely.

You must however, include the name JESSE DIRKHISING in any article that mentions matthew shepard. We must always show that SADs murder and torture people (children) too.

God Save America (Please)

20 posted on 11/22/2002 11:05:33 AM PST by John O
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