Yes, that's true.
But the media buries this kind of stuff. It's an ingrained bias. Just as many reporters will say that they can't publish stories of defensive uses of guns because "it sends the wrong message," they are nearly as unlikely to go out of their way to publicize something like this.
Yes, her story (a paragraph of it) was in a magazine. But when the media wants something known (to promote a liberal cause, book, movie, person), they print it in multiple magazines and have multiple appearances on the Today Show with perky Katie Couric throwing up softball questions to put her fave socialist in the best light. On the rare ocassion that Katie's producers schedule a conservative (I can't remember the last time I saw a libertarian there), the questions will be quite confrontational. The liberal will be labeled as a "moderate," if at all, while the conservative will have a banner under his name such as "Conservative," or "Rightwing author."
Think how many times someone like Al Franken was next to Katie Couric pushing his latest book. Several (see
www.mrc.org for more leftwing media bias).
On the other hand, Ann Coulter, if she is lucky, will get one appearance. Laura Ingraham hasn't been on yet and hers is a best seller.
The media (and I mean all of it), are in the business of propaganda and marketing. They have a viewpoint and they wish to sell it. From Disney selling Hillary Duff or Raven, to Good Morning America, Oprah, and Rosie giving the Million Mom Marcher tens of millions dollars worth of FREE advertising that a gun group could only dream of.
Dang. I got up on my soapbox again. Please scroll up and look at the pretty pictures again.
Rick
