Keith Olberman just posed the question of when the right and white Reverend Hagee (who just renounced his "never mind" moment on his outrageous statements on Katrina) would be held to the same standard as Reverend Wright. Especially when John McCain has been allowed to still embrace this man.
That's a great question.
Do a quick Google News search of Rev. Wright and you'll find over 19,000 news stories.
It's time that the media outlets that chose to make the Wright story the lede, understand that there's an equally, if not more offensive preacher story out there.
Just keep in mind that they made their decision to run the story based on the fact that it was a black preacher linked to a black candidate that was throwing out the inflamatory speech.
I'll let you, and the media outlets figure out the differences between Wright's inflamatory speech and the speech of Hagee and Palfrey. I don't think anyone needs any hints to solve this riddle.
In your search for "fair and balanced" journalism remember that the reporters who wrote the stories were just doing their jobs, but the editors and producers were the ones who decided what was printed and what was aired.
The unfortunate thing is that the reporter is the one that has their name on the story. The editors and the producers are the ones that need to hear from us. We cannot let them lurk in the darkness and hide behind their reporters in making sure that the Hagee story gets the same play.
Anyone else think that emailing all of the editors and producers would generate an equal number of stories on Hagee? I'm thinking it doesn't hurt. You know what to do.
And if they say it's different, make them tell you why without saying black or white.