Burning a historic church "In the Name of Art"

[Tenth Speed Writer]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071030/ap_on_re_us/cathedral_arson_arrest


This was all over Fox news a little while ago.
The conservative media is having a field day with it. They've got him dressed up in his best suit to model their straw men, and you can bet that they're not going to let this one go.

Maybe it's not that bad, though. Maybe we should give the conservatives as a whole a little leeway; the media's taken a certain leftist slant in the past few years, and already done this exact same to thing to the far right more times than I can count.  

[Sanguvixen]

Do you mind elaborating a bit on why the conservatives were brought into this equation, and what the conservatives have to say?

 

[Tenth Speed Writer]

They're using it the same way the left-wing media uses the Westboro Church and Pro-Life riots: To build straw man arguments that they can utilize even on the air, and to paint a generally loathsome image of the liberal movement.  

[Meirelle]

Tenth Speed Writer

Maybe it's not that bad, though. Maybe we should give the conservatives as a whole a little leeway; the media's taken a certain leftist slant in the past few years, and already done this exact same to thing to the far right more times than I can count.

The media has a leftist slant? Not necessarily. Check out this article on the media:

http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/65870/

It's certainly an eye-opener.  

[Tenth Speed Writer]

I disagree. I see neutrality on most channels when it comes to hot button issues, but just the same, when there is a bias, it's usually in the favor of liberal politics. I'm not saying I'm for the far right, I just think it's a bad idea to knock their opinion down so quickly.