Private Long

Private William Long.

Does the name mean anything to you?

Dr. George Tiller mean anything to you?

Both men met their deaths about a month ago in gun violence from a single gunman.

Dr. Tiller was murdered in a church in Wichita, Kansas and Private Long was murdered on a street in Little Rock, Arkansas. Both men became targets for what they did with their lives. Dr. Tiller for being an abortionist, Private Long for being a soldier.

An attack on a military target on the streets of American gets little notice from the news media.

Media bias once again? I understand the attraction of reporting on Dr. Tiller. He had a high profile, people had already heard of him because of his connection to Kathleen Sebelius, so his death is truly newsworthy. My first reaction when I heard the first reports of an unidentified abortion doctor being shot in Kansas was to wonder if it was Dr. Tiller.

Private Long on the other hand was a young man unknown except to those in his circle of friends and family. Private Long gained notoriety only in his death. But the media was reluctant to report on his death at the hands of a Muslim convert in an act of domestic terrorism.

Is there a bias toward making bad examples out of murders of abortionist doctors, while minimizing the threat of terrorism on American streets?

Could Private Long's killer be charged with a 'hate crime'?