Sad news made the front pages this past Monday after abortion doctor George Tiller was gunned down at church Sunday. A new trend in news has been to follow the "fever" of the story through the internet as the USA TODAY article noted how both sides of the abortion issue were going wild on Facebook and Twitter.
In the (partial) article below, I can't believe the line "Police have not provided a motive for the shooting" was used. Ummmm, let's see, the guy was constantly harrassed and threatened....couldn't the reporter flat out ask if him being a doctor that carried out abortions had anything to do with his death????
Also, later in the article, there is this...."President Obama said he was "outraged by the murder."" What's the President supposed to say?
Late-term abortion doctor killed at church
By Marisol Bello, USA TODAY
George Tiller knew the dangers of being one of few physicians in the USA who provided late-term abortions His Wichita clinic was bombed in 1985 and has been repeatedly vandalized. He survived a shooting by an activist more than a decade ago. Opponents protested daily in front of his clinic, his home, homes of his staff and volunteers and almost weekly in front of his church.
On Sunday, Tiller, 67, was shot dead as he served as an usher at Reformation Lutheran Church in Wichita. The killing was condemned by abortion rights opponents and mourned by abortion rights advocates as a devastating loss. Police have not provided a motive for the shooting.
"He was constantly harassed, threatened. The man never escaped it. ... He knew it would someday cost him his life," said Marla Patrick, who worked with Tiller on abortion rights issues as the state coordinator for the Kansas National Organization for Women.
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Hopefully the president is outraged with any senseless murder that occurs in this country. One of the unfortunate things about this story is that people will use their broad brush and make the shooter, who has been reported to have had some mental problems, as a fair representation of all pro life people.
I think you hit it on the head with the mental illness part. It will be interesting to see how much the media will "play up" the fact the man has mental issues. In making it sound like someone who has "mental issues" would kill a man in church will give the impression, like you say Cliff, that pro-lifers are crazy. You and I know better than this but this is one of the sad things about the hyper-media of today.
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