Bill Sparkman, R. I. P.

Do you remember the "murder" of a part-time federal government census worker deep in the back-woods of Kentucky? Do you remember Bill Sparkman?
Well, you should for the Obamawhore media did a perfect bit o' drive-by "journalism" by immediately speculating Mr. Sparkman was killed by anti-government people. Because Mr. Sparkman was found hanging from a tree and with the word "Fed" scrawled on his limp body.
It turns out that Mr. Sparkman, sadly, committed suicide. There was no anti-federal government militia driving around Clay County, Kentucky, plucking an unsuspecting census worker and then writing "Fed" on his body and then hanged on a tree in a national forest.
But, without anything other than speculation, the drive-by, Obamawhore media went into overdrive. Trying to speculate because Mr. Sparkman was found dead, naked, with the word "Fed" scrawled on his body. Too bad that a bit of evidence was left out of the original coverage. That the way the word "Fed" was scrawled was not exactly on his chest. It was, in fact, written in a manner that went from the bottom of Mr. Sparkman's torso towards the top, the chest area.
Now that the Kentucky state police have solved the case, will there be any apology to the good people of Clay County, Kentucky?
Of course not!
Read the first article I linked. That is the article that explains Mr. Sparkman committed suicide-to get insurance companies to pay his next of kin. Throughout that whole article, the writer continues to speculate, not report, on alleged the anti-federal government sentiments of the residents of the region.
I would ask you to read the excellent, on-the-scene reporting of The Other McCain, when this story first broke. Part of his reporting was to actually talk with the people, regular people, in the region. Especially people who worked for the local newspaper. The Other McCain focused on Morgan Bowling and the reaction she got from yahoos. There was an e-mailer who wrote this:

"What are you people, backwoods ignorant freaks? This crime is a reflection of all the residents of Clay County. . . . You are all disgusting pigs, and if one could level a curse at a community, then I curse the whole lot of you."

I hope that the said e-mailer can have the gall to curse Mr. Sparkman. After all, he is the perpetrator of the "crime".
You see, this is what drive-by "journalism" is all about. Swoop in, get as little actual fact as possible. Then speculate as much as one can. Thus, you have fed into an agenda that you, a "reporter" are pushing. In this case, it is speculating that what happened in the case of Mr. Sparkman was a statement against the federal government.
Now, as far as Mr. Sparkman is concerned, he had some demon deep in his soul. To do what he did, to take his own life, is a true tragedy. It will have a profound effect on his family and those close to him. One aspect the article pointed out, as often the case in suicide, is that there was no sign that Mr. Sparkman would end up doing what he did. But it is clear that Mr. Sparkman was thinking about it. To make sure the insurance companies would pay the death claims, he had to make it look a crime. Life insurance companies do not pay claims in cases of suicide.
Now, this tragedy has come to a close. I would just like to remind people that we have to be careful to remember that there are real people involved in these cases. They are not cannon fodder for any political agenda.
Bill Sparkman, Rest In Peace.