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The Convenience of Selective Omission

 So, what are we talking about today?

Michelle Obama’s “pride”, Joran’s dope-induced braggadocio, Hillary on Barack’s “change we can Xerox”, Drew Peterson’s borrowed time, Ralph Nader’s every-four-year crusade, The New York Times’ McCaining, Oscars for films few have seen, the snow, and the rain?

If not for these, just what might we be talking about? One story would surely be the lead. It’s just a question of how the mainstream media would handle it.

According to Fox News

MINNEAPOLIS — A woman who authorities say is in the country illegally and using an alias was charged Friday with four counts of criminal vehicular homicide and two lesser charges in a school bus crash that killed four children.

This is a no-brainer, that is unless you’re trapped in the progressive mindset.

How should they handle a story where “the children” are victims of a woman (normally media-coveted), who just happens to be an illegal alien (an unfairly persecuted victim of xenophobia)? Simple. Just ignore it.

A woman who identified herself as Alianiss Nunez Morales, 23, of Minnesota, was driving a van that failed to stop at a stop sign Tuesday before hitting a bus carrying 28 students from Lakeview School, Lyon County Attorney Richard Maes said. The accident happened near the small town of Cottonwood, in southwestern Minnesota.

Regrettably, this is not news.   Continued...

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