Wanda Sykes, The White House Correspondents Dinner, and The Mainstream Media

Over the weekend, the annual White House Correspondents dinner took place. Controversy arose when comedian Wanda Sykes reffered to Rush Limbaugh as a terrorist, and wished death upon him. Below is the video of the dinner. To fast forward straight to the Limbaugh comments, go to 2:04.

Just for a minute, pretend this was a Conservative Comedian, say Dennis Miller, wishing death upon a liberal commentator such as Keith Olbermann, would this get the same coverage? The answer: absolutely not! The mainstream media would portray Mr. Millers comments as hate speech. Do not take my word for it, take this example highlighted by CNN Anchor Lou Dobbs. A man published a joke in a local news paper making fun of Nancy Pelosi, and Harry Reid. He wrote, "If a soldier was trapped in an elevator with a gun, two bullets, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and Osama Bin Laden, what would happen? The answer, the soldier would shoot Nancy Pelosi twice, and strangle Harry Reid, and Osama Bin Laden." The mainstream media attacked the man for printing such a joke, and the man has since apologized. Will there be an apology from Ms. Sykes, probably not. This just shows the double standard, and liberal bias in the mainstream media.