Pro-lifer’s murder - where was the “mainstream” media?
Published: September 29, 2009
This month’s murder of pro-life sign carrier Jim Pouillon in Owosso, Michigan has still gone largely unnoticed by what we call “mainstream” media…big stations like NBC, CBS, ABC. All have been silent, in stark contrast to their immediate and nearly never-ending coverage of abortion provider George Tiller’s murder some months ago. I wonder how Bay News 9 and TBO.com would handle this story if the murder happened here.
Dr. Tiller’s murder was tragic, heinous and a sad day for the Christian community as we will all, once again, be unjustly placed in the same general stereotype as his hateful killer. However, Jim Pouillon’s death is no less important.
Pouillon, a disabled activist, was involved in a peaceful pro-life protest across the street from Owosso High School when he was shot several times and killed this past 9/11. The suspect now in custody is Harlan Drake, whose license plate number was cited by several witnesses to the crime.
With respect to CNN’s coverage as pretty much the only visible “mainstream” journalism on this case, even CNN kept calling Pouillon anti-abortion rather than pro-life. In nearly every sentence where victim Pouillon’s name is mentioned, the words anti-abortion follow or preceed. Here’s a question to “pro-choicers” – if choice is a good thing, then why not say Pouillon chose to be “pro-life”? Why must the term anti-abortion always be used to make pro-lifers appear more hateful and intolerant?
The media originally avoided the pro-life murder as being some “random” incident. To the liberal media, any shooting of a person who’s on the “correct” side of today’s politically correct causes is cruel, pre-meditated murder; but killing a conservative must be a random shooting. Drake has apparently admitted to another murder that day, the murder of business owner Michael Fuoss. So to liberal forces, Drake was on a random shooting rampage.
Not according to the CNN report. Authorities feel the shootings were not random. Drake admitted being offended by Pouillon’s anti-abortion sign, and Drake was no stranger to Fuoss. Could this be another reason why the Big Three haven’t picked up the story?
That the politically correct crowd are always the “tolerant” ones is debatable. On several articles, for instance this one at Andover, MA’s Eagle Tribune, several bloggers have said things like “Thank you Harlan Drake [the accused] – the world is a better place,” and “He [Pouillon] deserved it.” This coming from the ones who call themselves tolerant.
President Obama’s statement had been immediate on the day of Tiller’s murder. He waited until two days after Pouillon’s murder to speak up. However, he did state that violence over our differences is never the answer. This writer agrees.
The original version of this article was published here at The Underground Online Magazine.
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