Watch as our mainstream media struggle to ignore an unusual murder case unfolding in Berkeley, California, with all the elements needed for sensationalistic national media obsession.  But because the alleged perp is a lefty, Latino, queer, and transgender activist who uses the personal pronoun “they,” I expect the bigfeet of the American media to leave the story to Fox News, the blogosphere, and the overseas press (by which I mean the U.K. Daily Mail in particular). Chuck Ross of the Daily Caller was the first national journalist to spot the story.  The best I can tell from a Google search, he even scooped the San Francisco Chronicle, though plenty of lesser websites, in particular Berkeleyside, informed the public as the case evolved. Ross pulls together a lot of information on the suspect, who was apprehended in Burbank, near his home in North Hollywood. Gomez, who lists his major on Facebook as Chicanx/Latinx Studies [sic], is active in numerous...(Read Full Post)