So far, the mainstream media (including The N&O) has ignored or drastically downplayed the story that shots were fired into Virginia Republican Congressman Eric Cantor’s office in his district. Meanwhile, the MSM has vastly overplayed the questionable, and probably made up, stories of spitting and epithets aimed at Democrats.
Let’s see if they ignore this story:
Today, a two-count complaint and warrant was filed charging Norman Leboon with threatening to kill United States Congressman Eric Cantor and his family, and threatening to kill Congressman Eric Cantor, who is an official of the United States, announced United States Attorney Michael L. Levy and FBI Special Agent in Charge Jan Fedarcyk.
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2010 At 7:35 am, Right Angles » Blog Archive » N&O ignores Obama contributor arrested for death threats to Republican Said:
[...] I posted yesterday that it would be interesting to see how many mainstream media outlets would ignore the story of the [...]