No room for political blame-shifting in terrorism reporting

Why do violent national tragedies so often spark eruptions of irresponsible speculation among liberal journalists seeking to link the latest horror to their political opponents on the Right? This corrosive pattern was especially evident in the hours following the Boston Marathon Bombing. Even before the identities of the bombers were known, for example, NPR’s Dina Temple-Raston announced that “April is a big month for anti-government, and right wing, individuals. There’s the Columbine anniversary. There’s Hitler’s birthday. There’s the Oklahoma City bombing. There’s the assault on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco. And the FBI right now is comparing this to the Eric Rudolph case [the 1996 Olympics bomber].”