Uncovering Media Bias when reporting on liberal causes. the death of Patrick Chavis.

Opinion Journal ^ | August 12, 2002 | BY JAMES TARANTO

[BJungNan]

Columnist Michelle Malkin scooped the world last week when she reported the death of Patrick Chavis. A former Los Angeles physician, Chavis was a footnote in legal history: He was one of five black applicants admitted to the University of California, Davis, despite having lower test scores and college grades than Alan Bakke, who was white. Bakke sued and won, giving his name to a landmark Supreme Court case. Chavis died July 23 when he was shot during a robbery at a Foster's Freeze store in Hawthorne, Calif.

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[martin_fierro]

Dr. Chavis's career was . . . taken up by opponents of affirmative action in their belief that it illustrated the policy's moral and intellectual failure. Others contended that although Dr. Chavis deserved to be criticized for his actions, those actions did not prove anything about affirmative action. These commentators pointed out that there was no statistical correlation between affirmative action admissions to medical school and later malpractice charges.

Did the Post even bother to itemize in its obituary the horrific examples of Chavis' incompetence cited above? What was omitted in those ellipses?

Does anyone have the full obit?

[IronJack]

Clintonesque denial. When all the facts argue against you, lie. "Sure, we pushed the affirmative action program that got Chavis a medical degree. Sure, we ignored the warning signs of his gross incompetence in order to advance our PC agenda. Sure, if we had been more responsible, one woman would still be alive and countless others less traumatized today. Sure, their blood is on our hands as surely as if we'd played tic-tac-toe on their naked torsos with scalpels. But don't blame US! This is not an indictment of affirmative action!"

No? What IS?!

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Chavis died July 23 when he was shot during a robbery at a Foster's Freeze store in Hawthorne, Calif.

Perp? Victim? Bystander?

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