While you were sleeping

So apparently I’m not the only filthy liberal blogger to come to the conclusion that the right wing media has lost its collective mind in regards to the Trayvon Martin shooting.

Media Matters posted about it shortly after I did:

In retrospect, the conservative press would have been better off maintaining its distance from the story since in recent days more and more far-right outlets have veered into the ugly territory of trying to smear a dead teenager in an effort to defuse the story and to shift the blame away from the gunman, George Zimmerman.

Crooks and Liars went out a few minutes before me:

It’s easy to say that you’re not a racist. You have no white hoods in your closet, you’ve participated in no cross burnings. You might even have friends who are minorities. You can lie to yourself and say that you’re not racist. But make…