The media seating is empty.. The world isn’t paying attention to the Kermit Gosnell trial (well, they are now beginning to, most likely a response to numerous websites and Twitter users calling them out on it..
But now there is a proposed deletion of the Gosnell Wikipedia page! And you guess it, a battle is raging over that issue..
And more:
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This is an amazing and honest article by Megan McArdle of the DAILY BEAST.. And a must read in my opinion..
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The money quote:
So the question, raised by pro-lifers, is this: Explain to us why Gosnell isn’t a national story. Somebody else can try. I can’t explain it. It’s never made sense to me, how a local crime story becomes a national story. Two words: “Poop cruise.” CNN ran hours of coverage and grainy video of a stranded Carnival cruise ship, a situation that inconvenienced many and killed none. How does a missing college student or an angry man in a TSA line become part of Our National Conversation? I don’t know. I do know that a reporter in the bubble is less likely to be compelled by the news of an arrested abortionist.
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