Breaking News!  Did you know that the mayor of a  major American city said that treating African-Americans equally was an “inconvenience” that was “unfair to average people” because it made them “uncomfortable”?  You didn’t!?  What a scandal – how did the media miss this?

Oh, right, sorry — it was just the civil rights of people with disabilities.  Silly media consumers — you know that’s not the same thing.  So no reason to expect 24/7 handwringing, apologies, and navel-gazing talk shows about the state of civil rights in response to the MAYOR OF OUR LARGEST CITY SAYING THAT RESPECTING THE RIGHTS OF HIS MINORITY-GROUP CONSTITUENTS IS INCONVENIENT AND UNFAIR TO “AVERAGE” PEOPLE.

In fact, I have to cut the intrepid reporters on the civil rights beat some slack on this because they were busy pursuing a much more important story.

Yes, leading liberal website ThinkProgress was far too busy tracking the astonishing news that  beauty queen got drunk and used a bad word.  In fact, the website was so on top of this story that they got an …

That’s right, an EXCLUSIVE.  You won’t read this important story ANYWHERE ELSE!   And in fact, ThinkProgress has the crucial details, too.  Miss Virginia’s roommate told the reporter that she was “extremely intoxicated” that night and seemed upset that she did not have the full house to herself, so she  “downgraded people based on their physical appearance and economic status.”  Now this is indeed breaking civil rights news:  college girl gets drunk, says something stupid and hurtful.

How on earth did ThinkProgress beat out The Onion to this important scoop?