IN JANUARY 2001, MTV interrupted its normal programming to offer 18 continuous, commercial-free hours of hate crime programming, as part of its "Fight for Your Rights" campaign. Most of the 18 hours were taken up with a "scroll" of hundreds of names of hate-crime victims. Over 9 million people viewed the MTV special. Predictably, the programs were carefully crafted to leave those 9-million-plus viewers with the misleading impression that white men are the chief villains, when it comes to hate crimes.
In order to help set the record straight, FrontPage has decided to interrupt its regular programming to bring you the Hate Crime Hall of Shame – a tribute to 36 hate-crime victims who are definitely not the sort your major television networks would want you to know about.
We hope this presentation will help, in some small way, to give meaning to their suffering.
MTV’s Agenda of Hate
By Scott Rubush
When MTV insulted its viewers with an 18-hour hate-fest against straight white men, it was a calculated move. MTV has long been solidly in the leftwing camp, and has spent millions promoting leftwing candidates and issues. continue…
The Victims
Michael Carter and Dustin Kaiser
Brian Muha and Aaron Land
Vita Bereslavsky
Laura Zilinsky
Richard Will
Frank Han
Michael Scott and Traci Riehle
Troy Knapp
Jesse Dirkhising
Jason Befort, Heather Muller, Bradley Heyka and Aaron Sander
Central Park Jogger
Patrolman Patrick Fitzsimmons
S.J. Atchley Sr., Walter Scott Atchley, Charles Anthony Atchley
Kevin Shifflett
John Kroll, Joseph Healy, and Emil Sanielevici
Israel Bird
Jake Robel
Michael Westerman
Tiffany Long
Officer Daniel Faulkner
Dennis McCarthy, James Gorycki, Maria Theresa Magtoto, Richard Nettleton, Mi Kyung Kim and Amy Federici