Oct 12 2005
I Don’t Get The Hinrichs Non-Story
Real Clear Politics has this commentary as its number story today – rightfully so. It is on the Oklahoma student Joel Hinrichs III who blew himself up with a backpack bomb after failing to enter a massively crowded college football game:
On Oct. 1, as the Oklahoma Sooners hosted Kansas State in front of 84,000 fans, University of Oklahoma student Joel Hinrichs III blew himself up outside the stadium.
There is evidence that he sought to enter the game and was turned away by security after refusing to allow his backpack to be searched. Some minutes later, that backpack, containing the chosen explosive of shoe bomber Richard Reid and the London subway bombers, exploded, killing Mr. Hinrichs as he sat on a bench.
I point to this commentary simply because it summarizes well the story Michelle Malkin and others have been doggedly following for some time now. There have been numerous posts across the blogosphere on this story.
I have not posted much on it (except when this Georgia Tech bomb threat appeared to create a possible terrorism pattern) because of all the great work being done in the blogosphere by so many made my participation seem pointless.
But the mainstream media is not even giving this story minimal coverage? And that makes no sense. Even if this is a distraught kid in an isolated case (I doubt this, BTW) you want to cover this just to remind kids and parents and friends to keep an eye out for someone who may be in need of support.
But on the flip side, if it is the beginning of a coordinated terrorist attack, we should definitely be getting the word out so people know what to watch out for.
I cannot understand the lack of media coverage. It makes no sense. I think we need to ask the media to explain to us if this is not what you exist for, then why do you exist?
[…] It remains very troubling, indeed, that all this time and energy later, we see the press still reluctant to report on suspicious happenings. […]