Some murders matter more than others
At the time of this writing, there are nearly 7,000 references to “George Tiller” in Google News. 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.
President Obama announced his choice for Army Secretary this afternoon.
The news isn’t what he said in his statement about GOP Rep. John McHugh, the news is what he left out
Not a word about the jihadi attack on the two Army recruiters in Arkansas. No condemnation of the heinous attack and senseless violence. No condolences for the families of the targeted men or praise for the military recruiters who have been under increasing attack on U.S. soil. No statements from the DOJ or Pentagon, either.
Nothing.
Jeffrey Goldberg at the Atlantic notices similar whitewashing by government-funded NPR, which failed to report the name and religion of recruiter-murdering suspect Abdul Hakim Mujahid Muhammad:
Why not tell people what is actually happening in the world? We saw this a couple of weeks ago, when the press only gingerly acknowledged that the malevolent though incompetent suspects in the synagogue bombing-conspiracy case in New York were converts to Islam. How is the public served by this kind of silence? The extremist Christian beliefs of George Tiller’s alleged murderer are certainly relevant to that case, and no one in my profession is hesitant to discuss them. Why the hesitancy to talk about the motivations of the man who allegedly killed Pvt. William Long?
June 2, 2009 - 03:43 PM on June 2nd, 2009
Military recruiter murdered in Arkansas…
UPDATE: wouldn’t you know it: the perpetrator was a Muslim convert:…
June 3, 2009 - 06:08 PM on June 3rd, 2009
Well yes, the murder of a baby-killer has the Leftists in a tizzy. I am waiting for the calls to silence Conservative “hate” radio because they and fundamentalism made this guy kill the baby-killer.
But a terrorist act on U.S. soil by a Muslim murdering one of our soldiers? Yawn…not a peep. They couldn’t care less.
June 4, 2009 - 06:53 AM on June 4th, 2009
Why Robert, you don’t expect the leftist to not cheer the death of a soldier now do you? Why of course not, Islamic terrorist are hero’s of the left. Now the murder of Baby Killer Tiller now thats an occasion for sorrow to the leftist.
June 4, 2009 - 02:46 PM on June 4th, 2009
That’s true Baby-killer Tiller was their hero, a real genuine credit to the Left. Why, he could kill a dozen babies a day and still have time for a round of Golf!
I still think his murder should be reclassified as a retroactive late-term abortion. Let’s shift the debate like they have done. The shooter didn’t kill a person, he killed a limp of flesh that was simply in an advanced post-birth status, that’s all!
Hey, he has the right! His shooting, his right to choose!
June 4, 2009 - 02:47 PM on June 4th, 2009
a lump of flesh…