Media buries liberal plot to blow up major bridge in Ohio

[renard_ruse]

For some news you probably missed, five liberal Occupy activists were recently arrested after plotting to blow up a bridge in Ohio:

After unknowingly working with an FBI informant for months, five men have been charged with plotting to bomb an Ohio bridge linking two wealthy Cleveland suburbs.

Federal authorities Tuesday described the men as.... angry with corporate America and the government...


"They talked about making a statement against corporate America and the government as some of the motivations for their actions," U.S. Attorney Steven Dettelbach said in announcing the arrests with the head of the FBI in Cleveland, Stephen Anthony.

http://news.yahoo.com/fbi-watched-5-men-planned-ohio-bridge-bomb-064311480.html

 

[renard_ruse]

Where's RoryN's outrage?

 

[renard_ruse]

Major state highway was targeted:

...The target of the plot was a bridge that carries a state highway over part of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park and a picturesque scenic rail line and canal towpath in the Brecksville area, about 15 miles south of downtown Cleveland.

The men had been associated with the anti-corporate Occupy Cleveland...

 

[renard_ruse]

Asked around a few people who get their news from the mainstream media only. None had heard about this, though they had of course heard about the much ballyhooed thing in Arizona.

Media bias, much?

 

[JohnnySavage]

I read about it in WaPo, saw it on CNN.com, watched it on all three network news broadcasts, and on my local NBC station at 6 pm.

Maybe you are getting your news from the wrong places?

Of course, you're an idiot, so there's that.

 

[renard_ruse]

I read about it in WaPo, saw it on CNN.com, watched it on all three network news broadcasts, and on my local NBC station at 6 pm.

Maybe you are getting your news from the wrong places?

Of course, you're an idiot, so there's that.

Nice try, but the average person who just casually listens to the news did NOT hear about this. Clearly there was far far from the saturation coverage that would have happened had the accused been "right wing" or Islamic or some other group unpopular with media.

Oh, and nope, I'm not an idiot. Nice try though.

 

[KingOrfeo]

Nice try, but the average person who just casually listens to the news did NOT hear about this.

Your polling method is not rigorous.

 

[phrodeau]

Nice try, but the average person who just casually listens to the news did NOT hear about this. Clearly there was far far from the saturation coverage that would have happened had the accused been "right wing" or Islamic or some other group unpopular with media.

Oh, and nope, I'm not an idiot. Nice try though.

There would have been more coverage if it had been successful, regardless of the motive,

 

[KingOrfeo]

There would have been more coverage if it had been successful, regardless of the motive,

Yes, a thwarted plot never makes the same kind of headlines.