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June 02, 2009
Media Statistic of the Day
A little food for thought from Newsbusters:
At the time of this writing, there are nearly 7,000 references to "George Tiller" in Google News.George Tiller dedicated his life to killing fetuses.There are under 500 for "William Long."
George Tiller, of course, was the Kansas abortion doctor murdered Sunday morning by a man who allegedly had political and religious motives.
William Long was the 23-year-old military recruiter murdered Monday morning by a man who allegedly had political and religious motives.
William Long dedicated his to killing terrorists.
One story still has 'legs,' the other is yesterday's news. Nice priorities you've got there, MSM.
Earlier today, someone responded to me on Twitter saying Tiller was a public figure, while the soldier was not. Granted, but how often are US soldiers murdered on US soil by a terror suspect?
Update - With this, I'm not trying to condemn one killer while praising another. Scott Roeder is a criminal and nothing justifies the murder of Dr. Tiller.
What bothers me is the willingness of the media to smear the entire pro-life movement based on Roeder's actions while devoting very little airtime or newspaper space to the national security implications of William Long's murder.
Update II - Ace of Spades HQ blogger DrewM makes an interesting point on Twitter. When Dr. Tiller was murdered, the White House released a statement on Sunday afternoon. As of 10:15 p.m. EST, the Commander in Chief has yet to release a statement condemning the murder of a member of the armed forces by a suspected terrorist.
Posted by slublog at June 2, 2009 10:10 PM
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One man's job was to kill people in the name of freedom. The other's job was to kill people in the name of "freedom".
One was a child killer, the other was a "child killer".
Both are complete tragedies, one possibly moreso than the other. Who knows where the soldier wen when he died, we have no way to know what he believed. The real tragedy is it's probably easier to guess the final destination of the abortionist.
Posted by: Dan Pete at June 3, 2009 10:58 PM
Great post! Keep up the excellent work!!
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Posted by: Steve at June 4, 2009 02:15 PM
The abortionist shouldn't be judged for what he did, or what he had done. aren't we all innocent in the eyes of our lord?
regardless, he shouldn't be gunned down in the street. despite what he's done.
A final destination of the abortionist isn't our judgment.
Posted by: coldmexican at June 8, 2009 11:45 PM