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 ==Lack of media coverage==  

 I don't know about the rest of the US but this wasn't discussed in the news in the Pacific northwest. Ellen was the first person I heard discuss it on television, and that's a syndicated daytime talkshow. I am not imagining this shit  the story hardly got any media coverage for the first few weeks, and ultimately received very little. So... why isn't that mentioned in the article?    

 :Hate crime or not, evey murder commited in this country is not going to be brodcast with equal weight to every media outlet nation wide. Considering the amount of responses this case recieved, including public statements from both presidential candidates, this shooting recieved a fairly large amount of media coverage. Secondly, Wikipedia is not a soapbox. Unless you can provide a reliable source claiming the shooting should have garnered more coverage, its considered original research and will not be mentioned in this article.    
 ::News Week did a 6 to 7 page cover page on the subject, reveal alot of information leading up to the events to the shooting.   
 :::Got a link?    
 :: http://www.newsweek.com/id/147790&GT1;=43002 There ya go, hope that helps   "