Sorry, Antonio: No Political Upside for the Media to Cover Your Murder

The Chicago Sun-Times reports that 9-year-old Antonio Smith was upset after his mother told him he couldn’t have a cupcake.

He ran out of his family's Chicago apartment and was murdered – shot multiple times.

No one yet knows who murdered him or why.

The national media might give this a mention here and there -- you know, get on record, check the box -- but the national media are too busy hoping their rabid speculation and divisive race-baiting in Ferguson, Missouri, will eventually pay off.

Antonio was 9.

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