Rachel about to talk about the Spokane bomb that surprisingly is

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not a national news story.

[bullwinkle428]

1. Compared to the Fox News FREAK-OUT over that "suspicious package"

in NYC in front of a bank.

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3. Very interesting

indeed.

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2. Rachel wants to know why this is not a national story

It was not a fake bomb - this was meant to kill people - FBI says domestic terrorism.

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4. Has right-wing carping killed coverage of major domestic terrorism?

That's because with this new episode in Spokane, not only have the pillars of the mainstream media not raced to any conclusions, but they seem to be in a competition as to who can most ignore the story altogether. But there's no need to jump to unwarranted conclusions here; the actual facts have been laid out by the nation's preeminent law enforcement agency, the FBI -- that we are dealing with a case of "domestic terrorism," that the sophisticated device along the King Day parade route was capable of causing mass casualties, and the target was American citizens celebrating an icon of the progressive movement, Dr. King.

Maybe the implications are just a little too frightening for the mainstream media to want to deal with. But this episode seems to clarify what some of us have been reporting and writing about for the last two years, that there is an escalating tide of political violence in this country, and the majority of perpetrators or incidents involve the targets of eliminationist rhetoric from the right wing. This is a major issue for America -- on a par, in my opinion, with U.S.-China relations or the future of health care reform -- and the media is dropping the ball here, big-time. It's not too late to pick it up.

http://mediamatters.org/blog/201101190028

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5. Ding ding we have a winner

Excellent