Oh Diane Sawyer, Why Do You Hate Me!

I watch Good Morning America for two reasons:

1) The total and complete lack of Matt Lauer. I loathe this man!
2) The presence of the former America's Junior Miss, the Lady Diane (Sawyer)!

I love Diane Sawyer. I've spent years getting over the fact that she's probably a Republican and definately worked in the Nixon White House. She married a good liberal Hollywood Director, so I know she has a little Democrat in her every now and then!

But today, she earned my wrath. The good folks at GMA reported on a story that came up in the newspapers a few weeks ago: the protests of American GI's funerals by the Westboro Baptist Church.

What GMA's coverage failed to present was that while the families of American soldiers killed in war have been subjected to "Rev." Phelps protests for a few months now, the families of gay men killed in violent crimes or by AIDS have had to endure these assaults for years!

Westboro "parishoners" -- of www.godhatesfags.com fame -- have tortured hundreds of grieving moms like the one in today's story, except no one in this country cared because these were the mom's of gay sons.

GMA producers celebrate the Patriot Guard, an honorable band of bikers and/or Vets who are showing up at these funerals to shield the grieving families with a wall of American flags. This technique might seem familiar, it was employed by the friends of Mathew Shepard at his funeral. They donned giant angels' wings to block the protesters from the media and the family. Of course, no mention of this was made in the story.

Now that soldiers are involved, and not just those pesky homosexuals, several states have worked to block all such protests. A Republican congressman has introduced federal legislation making these demonstrations illegal -- which I imagine will probably fail the 1st Amendment test. Where was the outrage when these protests started years ago?

I must add, that my dear Diane did not report this story. It was presented by Robin Roberts -- which is weird because it wasn't about black people or sports. Typically, Robin only gets to report those stories.

I am holding Diane accountable because she let this sloppy reporting get on her show. Shame on you, Diane.