[sternroolz]

Some elements of the media readily admit bias. A few years back, there was a brutal home invasion robbery/murder involving black gang members in Kansas City. I believe 3-4 people were murdered during the robbery. Certainly nationwide news worthy. The Los Angeles Times was asked why they did not run the story and the answer from their spokesperson was basically that they did not want to fuel any type of racial backlash. Also a few years ago, there was an incident in Arkansas(I think...might have been Missouri) where 2 homosexual black men kidnapped a 12 or 13 year old boy and tortured and raped him over a significant length of time(at least several days). It went out on AP and no newspaper in Los Angeles area picked it up. It is certainly a sensational story, and deserved national coverage. Finally 30 days late, the Orange County Register ran a small blurb about it. This was after radio talk shows bemoaning the bias of the LA Times. Again LA Times response is that they wanted to avoid backlash against blacks and homosexuals.