Not to defend the media too ardently, K-Lo, but most reporters use “extremist” mostly to describe violent activists (although we could use a little more of that in Edinburgh and everywhere else the “anti-globalization” rioters show up). You are absolutely right that the abortion assembly-line defenders use the E-word constantly to describe pro-lifers. I’ve found it odd that USA Today’s Rudolph scoops (front page the last two days) have found next to mention on TV, which generaly loves to go on about deranged abortion-clinic bombers (by my count, more than 500 TV stories on violence outside abortion clinics in the mid-1990s). Is it because the Sandy-Baby fight has the abortion lobby distracted? Or is Aruba just a juicier story?

PS: MRC’s Jessica Barnes noticed yesterday that ABC Good Morning America co-host Robin Roberts slipped into using the word “baby” instead of “fetus” in a newscast yesterday: “A new federal recommendation for pregnant women. A medical panel urges all expectant mothers get tested for HIV, regardless of risk factors. That’s because of the high success rate of preventing the spread of AIDS to babies.”

PPS: Mr. Rod should know that in my neighborhood, the children all use “Mr. Tim” and “Mr. Pete” and “Miss Bernadette” to the point that we adults call each other that as a friendly greeting.