The Associated Press picked the story up on its local and state wires and has followed up on it since, though none of the reports went national. Which is precisely what the right finds suspicious. The AP carried stories relating to his death on its national wire, and news of the trial is being handled the same way. What these two stories have to do with each other is something only the Washington Times could discern. For clarification, the Moonie paper turned to Tim Graham, the director of media studies at the Media Research Center, a conservative media watchdog organization.
Nobody wants to be seen on the wrong side of that issue.
Even a child. This story has been percolating for a few weeks now. But the question of the coverage the killing received got its biggest public airing at the weekly White House news conference Monday. But Kinsolving persisted. Over at AP, spokesman Jack Stokes sounded a little perplexed by the whole question.