Unbelievable: ‘Wash. Post’ Uses Photo of Sarah Palin to Illustrate Texas Bike Gang Shooting Story

20 May, 2015 by Warner Todd Huston

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In a perfect story of media bias, one that shows the hate the media has for conservatives, with the story of the massive melee of the Texas biker gangs still filling the news, The Washington Post thought it had the perfect photo to use to illustrate the story: a photo of Sarah Palin riding a motorcycle.

The Post story is titled “White bikers, black thugs: Why Texas looked to relax gun laws after biker shootout” and meant to discuss the Texas legislature’s move to ease its gun laws.

So, why this photo to illustrate the story…

Note that the Post conflates people who ride motorcycles with “biker gangs.” As if anyone who rides a bike must be a criminal biker.

In fact, the photo of Palin was taken when she visited the patriotic motorcycle rider event called Rolling Thunder back in 2012. This event had nothing at all to do with “biker gangs.”

Warner Todd Huston

Warner Todd Huston is a Chicago-based freelance writer, has been writing opinion editorials and social criticism since early 2001 and is featured on many websites such as Andrew Breitbart's BigGovernment.com, BigJournalsim.com and all Breitbart News' other sites, RightWingNews.com, CanadaFreePress.com, and many, many others. Additionally, he has been a frequent guest on talk-radio programs across the country to discuss his opinion editorials and current events as well as appearing on TV networks such as CNN, Fox News, Fox Business Network, and various Chicago-based news programs. He has also written for several history magazines and appears in the book "Americans on Politics, Policy and Pop Culture" which can be purchased on amazon.com. He is also the owner and operator of PubliusForum.com. Feel free to contact him with any comments or questions : EMAIL Warner Todd Huston and follow him on Twitter, on Google Plus , and Facebook.