Six moments when the media has wrongly blamed violence on conservatives

Field Representative for the United States Census Bureau William Edwin “Bill” Sparkman’s nude body was found tied to a tree with the word “fed” scribbled across his chest on September 12, 2009, in Clay County, Kentucky. His government ID was taped his neck and his feet and hands were bound with duct tape.

Given the nature of his work and the fact that “fed” was written on his chest, it wasn’t long before the media started suggesting he was murdered by anti-government conservatives.

When the Associated Press detailed Sparkman’s death, the lefty blogosphere blew up…

As it turns out, Sparkman killed himself and staged it to look like a murder so that his family could collect the insurance money.