JUST SOME MORE LIBERAL BIAS IN THE MEDIA

That some want to debate that there is liberal bias in the media is not surprising. When does the Left ever concede their errors? But here is a great example of what I call Left-Wing Bias in the media. If this is indeed not an example of media bias, it is, at least, evidence of the media's sympathy for Left-Wing extremism. I'll get to the point.

The group that claims responsibility for dozens of 'actions' against property in the name of environmental purity calls themselves the Earth Liberation Front. Here is their fundamental guideline:

"To inflict economic damage on those profitting from the destruction and exploitation of the natural environment."

Recently, the group has claimed responsibility for an arson action on a Hummer dealership in Southern California. They have also claimed responsibility for a number of arsons against property development. In one incident, they nearly killed some construction workers who were on site when the arson occurred. That they have not killed anyone yet is merely good fortune. These people are Terrorists by any definition. Yet, the media consistently calls their 'actions' vandalism. Something tells me that if a clandestine group were claiming responsibility for a series of abortion clinic arsons, they would rightly be labeled Terrorists by the mainstream press. Must the ELF actually kill someone before the media will call them terrorists? Or will they simply be charged with vandalizing an innocent human?

Here are just a few examples:

In this AP article, the arson at the SUV dealership causing over $1 million in damage is called a 'vandalism attack'.

Here is how another AP article describes the ELF, "ELF stands for the Earth Liberation Front, a radical environmentalist group that has claimed responsibility for dozens of acts of arson and vandalism, including a $50 million fire that destroyed a residential development in San Diego last month." It takes the San Diego Chief of Police to call the ELF actions for what they really are, "This is clearly an act of domestic terrorism in our city." The AP does not seem to agree.

One last example will suffice, and this one takes the cake. So I can be fair to my argument, this one is credited not to the AP, but to the LA Times (Hint, hint...the bias is systemic). The headline to this article says, "Man Claims Role in SUV Vandalism."

How about, "Man Claims role in Eco-Terrorism." After reading ELF's self-description, any reasonable person would agree that's a more appropriate headline.