Related:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_ShepardStephen Jimenez, the producer of the 2004 20/20 segment, went on to write a book, The Book of Matt: Hidden Truths About the Murder of Matthew Shepard, which was published in September 2013. The book said that Shepard and McKinney—the killer who inflicted the injuries—had been occasional sex partners and that Shepard was a methamphetamine dealer.[39][40][41] Jimenez wrote that Fritzen told an interviewer "Matthew Shepard's sexual preference or sexual orientation certainly wasn't the motive in the homicide...".[42]
Many commentators have criticized Jimenez's views on the attack as being sensational and misleading; those views were shared by gay advocacy organizations and cultural critics.[43][44][45][46][39] Some commentators, however, have spoken up to defend it.[47] Some police who were involved in the investigation have criticized Jimenez' conclusions,[48][49] while other police said that there was evidence that drugs were at least one factor that led to the murder.[10]
As G-man pointed out in a previous topic at the time. That the media and broader gay and pro-gay-liberal community want to demonize anyone who offers facts that don't firt their martyrdom narrative for gays, that show Shepard might have had drug trafficking and other illicit relationships that contributed to his death, beyond the "homophobia" narrative , and anything outside that narrative is slandered and intimidated into silence.
Nothing that reflects badly on gays is permitted to be reported. Any story that reflects badly on gays is given selective omission from network coverage.
