Rightbloggers denounce liberal media’s defense of the Fort Hood massacre

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On Thursday Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan shot up Fort Hood, killing 12. Though a soldier for 12 years, Hasan apparently demonstrated, out loud, loyalty and affection for global jihad. It’s appropriate to ask what such a person was doing in the U.S. Army.

Rightbloggers saw a bigger problem, though: the liberal media. Though

they got nearly all of their information about Hasan from such sources,

they yet accused them of trying to cover up his Muslim roots, and even

of excusing his massacre.

In the aftermath of the shooting, mainstream sources hustled to get the facts quickly, but not quickly enough for the Media Research Council,

which complained, “CBS and NBC Fail to ID Hasan as Muslim,” while

celebrating ABC’s Charlie Gibson, who “wasn’t cowed by political

correctness” and revealed Hasan was “a Muslim convert” — though Hasan

was apparently born into a Muslim family.

MRC did note with approval

that “all three morning shows on Friday identified the man who killed

12 at an Army base in Texas as a Muslim,” but was disturbed that Diane

Sawyer quoted a person who said “I wish his name had been Smith.”

Disturbed also was C. Edmund Wright

who, in a 1,100-word peroration on Sawyer’s reference, said, “Hasan —

had some decidedly un-Smith like beliefs. … And that’s the real story

here. He was not named Smith. He didn’t act like a Smith or talk like a

Smith or have allegiances like a Smith. He was so not-a-Smith that

someone should have noticed.” It’s an interesting analysis, but to

remain at full combat strength, the Army will probably have to at least

consider allowing soldiers named Jones to serve as well….