It had to turn nasty because too many people here can't tolerate one message or another, so put their sights on the messenger and pull the trigger.

Too bad, it's an interesting question to ask "why doesn't the media cover these things?" You may also have noticed that the media never covers Catholic opposition to the death penalty, yet gives tons of coverage to Catholic opposition to abortion.

Has to do with the way the media moguls want us to be propagandized, nothing more. It suits the corporate world just fine to manipulate things like this, to their political advantage. They will support whatever is the most draconian, extreme positions not because it sells papers, but because it keeps us in the dark about what is really happening.