A quick internet search on the church fire will
yield some coverage on a few obscure websites, but beyond Fox News’
Greta Van Susteren’s coverage which lasted only a few days, there was
no major media attention given to the crime.
So why would the press ignore the story?
In my opinion, the following could be a few of the reasons:
1) The Wasilla Bible Church has an all-white
congregation (While the oft race-baiting press is always quick to cover
a predominantly black church being fire-bombed in an attempt to
re-inflame the hostilities of the civil rights era, coverage of white
victims in the very Republican state of Alaska may evoke sympathy for
the wrong side of the aisle.
2) Gov. Sarah Palin and her family
have been the target of vile attacks from the mainstream media. Gov.
Palin has been demonized by the press, and every attempt has been made
to discredit her and humiliate her children. CBS‘s ‘Late Show’ host
David Letterman recently went so far as to describe Gov. Palin as a
“slutty flight attendant,” and even suggested that her 14-year-old
daughter had been “knocked-up by Alex Rodriguez” during a Yankees game.
3)
Perhaps, the most important reason why the press has chosen not to
cover the story is that during the months after Palin was chosen as
John McCain’s running mate, teams of Democratic Party operatives
swarmed the Wasilla area in an attempt to uncover any dirt that could
be used against the Governor.
Could it be that a few of the more
zealous Democrat operatives stayed-on and took their devotion to party
a step further, and actually set the blaze?…Such a discovery would be
disastrous to the left. Faced with this possibility the mainstream
media may have decided not to explore the crime too deeply.