MB Civic

Wheeler on Firedoglake ..

I actually don’t think the non-coverage of the Spokane incident [where a bomb was found at a MLK day parade] is a response to the Giffords assassination attempt and the ensuing media frenzy. Rather, it’s a reversion to the status quo, less than two weeks after that assassination attempt. Because the press almost never covers these domestic terrorism incidents .. Moreover .. there is not one bogeyman, like al Qaeda, which the press can blame. And without an easy and convenient bogeyman, terrorism scares don’t serve the same purpose for the press, or the government

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