sprezzatur-ish:

Matt Drudge is an asshole, but that’s almost beside the point. Yesterday, most of your major news networks reflexively assumed that the perpetrator(s) of the Oslo bombings was Muslim. The only question was which “jihad” group was going to step forward and claim credit.

Oslo is a huge story, but there’s also a big story in the assumptions that govern how we view the world, and ourselves.

Somewhat conversely, see also Gabrielle Giffords.