Friday, 05 June 2009

In Passing

Balance of coverage?


Brent Baler, Fox News[1]:

In the media, [the killing of Dr. George] Tiller was a top story for almost three days. Several liberal analysts blamed pro-life groups for inciting the murder.  In contrast, there has been relatively little coverage about the killing of Army Private William Long and the wounding of Private Quinton Ezeagwula outside the recruiting center in Little Rock, despite the fact that the alleged shooter was a convert to Islam who police say probably had political and religious motives for the attack.
But it’s not just the legacy media.  Consider Little Green Footballs:

“Tiller” stories:
May 31:

June 1:

June 2:

June 3:

June 4:[2]

“Long” stories

To date: 14 “Tiller” stories, 3 “Long” stories.  Missing from LGF’s “Long” items (although possibly linked by commenters) are Tuesday’s revelations that Long’s confessed killer, Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad, had already drawn the attention of the FBI’s Terrorism Task Force, and that the killing is now being investigated as part of a wider plot.

Of course Charles can select whatever stories he wants, and I not only respect his past performance in the fight against Islamofascism and MSM dishonesty, I also understand his efforts to insulate the legitimate right from its racist, anti-scientific, and religious fringes.

But if his beliefs are sincerely held, so are the those of many who oppose abortion.  For them it’s about the sanctity of life.  And there are others, those who accept abortion in general but remain disturbed by the late-term procedure of which Tiller was an exponent.  This is an issue that is not going away: It will only be accommodated (not “settled”) through uncomfortable compromise.  In a sense, abortion is the right’s “gay marriage.”

But compromise we must.  Or we will waste our time arguing about the “dangers” of the anti-abortionists while other forces work to bring the world down around us.  For as Ann Coulter notes:
...In a country with approximately 150 million pro-lifers, five abortionists have been killed [in the 36 years] since Roe v. Wade...

Meanwhile, fewer than 2 million Muslims live in America and, while Muslims are less murderous than abortionists, I’m fairly certain they’ve killed more than five people in the United States in the last 36 years.  For some reason, the number “3,000” keeps popping into my head.

So in a country that is more than 50 percent pro-life -- and 80 percent opposed to the late-term abortions of the sort performed by Tiller -- only five abortionists have been killed.  And in a country that is less than 0.5 percent Muslim, several dozen Muslims have killed thousands of Americans.


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[1]  quoted in “FNC’s Baier Contrasts Media Focus on Murder of Abortion Doctor vs Army Recruiter” by Brent Baker of NewsBusters.

[2]  as of the time of this post (10:45pm EDT)

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