TOM MAGUIRE: Trayvon Martin and the Silence of the Times.

The NY Times maintains its eerie silence on the Trayvon Martin case. On April 1 they delivered a comprehensive review and impressive diorama of the Martin killing, which culminated a week of extensive coverage and commentary.

Since then they have had zero bylined original reporting and one column, by Charles Blow, on the story which fascinates America and especially the left. Why the shift?

From a different tack, let’s check the four bylines from the comprehensive April 1 piece and ask, ‘where are they now’? . . . Eventually the meta media watchers who report on the processes that deliver the stories will take up the question of why the Times’ coverage of Trayvon Martin is flatlining.

Read the whole thing.

UPDATE: Reader M. Simon writes:

I think the reason they are cooling it is that it has come to their attention that a race war is not in their interest. I notice Sharpton is cooling it as well.

From what I’m seeing it is too late.

Idiots.

#DRUDGEFAIL: Matt Drudge is still running the bogus neo-Nazis-in-Sanford_Florida story a day after Prof. Jacobson debunked it. Jacobson even forced an update on the original source.

Jacobson emailed Drudge. Why hasn’t Drudge updated?

I love Drudge, but he’s really dropped the ball here.

UPDATE: A reader emails:

Glad you called out Drudge, as much as I love him, too. This morning my wife excitedly reported, on seeing Drudge: “Did you know there are neo-Nazis in Sanford?” Having Jacobson on RSS, I was like, “that is so 24 or 48 hours ago.” As awesome as all of you are, something’s wrong with this country if I have to keep up on you, Jacobson, and Althouse to have much of a clue of what’s really going on.

Well, nobody’s perfect, but this is an unforced error.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Several readers say that maybe Drudge took Easter off. I thought of that, but the page seems to have been updated yesterday. But perhaps it didn’t get his full attention. Lots of people took yesterday off, for Easter or Passover or whatever.

LES JONES: NBC fires editor for altering Zimmerman 911 call; when will MSNBC fire the writer who did the same?

More from Tom Maguire. “The bylines for that story are Christina Hernandez, Jeff Burnside and Edward B. Colby.”

TEN YEARS AGO ON INSTAPUNDIT: “To a certain class of people, ‘racist’ has become a synonym for anything they don’t like. Thus, a war that they don’t like must be racist. The lameness and desperation of these protesters is kind of sad. No wonder they seem so frustrated. It must be like working for Ford when the Fairmont came out: ‘They used to buy our stuff, and it’s still the same. So why don’t they like it anymore?'”

FAST AND FURIOUS UPDATE: White House Blocking Access To Fast And Furious Witness Who Wants To Testify. “White House Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler sent a letter Thursday to Republican lawmakers Rep. Darrell Issa and Sen. Chuck Grassley, refusing their request to speak with Kevin O’Reilly, a former National Security staff member whose emails place him in the middle of the unfolding scandal. Issa and Grassley had written to Ruemmler on March 28, asking the White House to step aside and let O’Reilly talk to investigators.”

REMEMBERING MIKE WALLACE: “Wallace was none too happy when the techniques employed by 60 Minutes were turned on him.”

ROUND THREE IN The Trial of Lars Hedegaard.

MICKEY KAUS IS HOSTING AN OBAMA SLOGAN CONTEST: “Politico says Obama is ‘a brand in search of a slogan.’ Hmm. How about ‘We Can Do Better’? That would at least stop Romney from using it.”

ANOTHER READER KINDLE BOOK: Affairs of Malice, by Gail Randall.

THE IMPORTANCE OF finding the right father.

AT AMAZON, bestsellers in Men’s Jewelry.

JEFFREY ROSEN: The President Should Finally Fight For Civil Liberties.

Har-de-har-har. As I’ve said before more than once, what kind of sucker expects a Chicago Machine Democrat to support civil liberties?

In the words of Rocky Rococo: “First class!”

FINALLY! Bacon On A Stick.

JENNY ERIKSON: I Want My Kids to Live in a Country Where They Can Shoot for the Moon.

KARL SMITH: What The “End Of Retail” Means For Young Workers. “Because teenagers are especially suited to shopping center employment they are dropping out of the labor force in response. That is, the End of Retail is causing a permanent shift in teenage employment because there are no substitutes for retail jobs.”

21ST CENTURY RELATIONSHIPS: Inez Nunez Punched Her Boyfriend In The Face Because He Wouldn’t Have Sex With Her, Cops Say.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Can This ‘Online Ivy’ University Change the Face of Higher Education?

AT AMAZON, markdowns on athletic and outdoor clothing.

STUDY: Surgery Not Always Necessary For Appendicitis. “The results favored initial treatment with antibiotics rather than immediate operation. The interpretation of those results was complicated slightly by the fact that if people with appendicitis did not improve within two days of antibiotic treatment, they went on to surgery regardless; nevertheless, at least two thirds of people with appendicitis were cured by antibiotics alone. Overall, they had a lower rate of complications than those who were operated upon straight away on diagnosis.”

HERE’S A BLOG REPORT ON my panel with Walter Russell Mead last week. I was sorry I had to leave as soon as it was done, but I had to go teach Roe and Casey all in one class.

A READER RECOMMENDS THIS PIECE: The Story Behind US Gas Price Pain.

FACIAL RECOGNITION lets apps guess your age.

SO DO ALL MY READERS HAVE KINDLE BOOKS NOW? It’s beginning to seem like it. Reader Travis Clark writes to ask me to plug his fantasy novel, Limbo’s Child. Done! And it’s only 99 cents.

Also only 99 cents, a book by Clayton Cramer’s wife, Rhonda Cramer: Running From Your Nineveh.

And, finally, also at 99 cents, from reader Bob Stock: Prayers, Commandments, and Psalms For Good Children to Share With Their Parents.

HMM: Black caucus chairman condemns Dem claims GOP is waging ‘war on women’. “The chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.), on Sunday condemned the charge by some Democrats that Republicans are engaged in a ‘war on women.’ . . . Appearing on CNN earlier, the chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Fla.), did not respond directly when asked whether the charge of a GOP ‘war on women’ crossed the line.”

This suggests to me that it’s not polling as well as they had hoped.

ANTI-GAY HARASSMENT ON THE WASHINGTON METRO? Pictures Don’t Lie!