Religious Equality. Why do news stories concerning alternative religions get little media coverage?

I can’t say I am mad, but I am frustrated. There have been several Pagan and Wiccan related news stories that concern religious equality and Yahoo News and most National news medias fail to carry any word about them. Do they think that there is no interest in these stories or are they afraid that the Main Stream religions will be upset.

Back in March there was a story about the Veterans Administration being forced to adopt the Pagan and Wiccan symbol of faith for Pagan and Wiccan soldiers.

http://www.circlesanctuary.org/liberty/veteranpentacle/questoverview.htm

This week the wife of one Pagan soldier was not invited to meet with the President when he met with the families of fallen soldiers in Nevada.

http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/LF/20070831/News/108310048/-1/REGION

I was hit with my first violation and deletion of a question. Let me say that if this question gets deleted that I might consider this is a act discrimination against me and all our of the alternative religions who visit here.
Wanoc, they world needs more fringe!
Mogakai, I’m not sure I understand your statement. There are several million Pagan and alternative religious people in just this Country (USA) Many don’t get involved with anything political and they keep their identities from being made public in case of religious retributions.
Nightwind, you may live in Nevada and there was a lot of coverage there. But none of the three major media channels carried anything about it. I researched it.
yahweh_is_the_lord, Bush and his Religious Czar James Towey have made some very public and very discrimation statements about Pagans and Wiccans. Why did that one peticular person get "slighted" among all the people who were invited via phone? I think that the thought of some controversy between the other guests and Mrs. Stewart may have something to do with it. Or that Bush would rather talk to Mrs. Stewart on the phone so he didn’t have to face her.

To answer your question, it is the same reason why they portray Christianity( especially Catholics) in a biased and unfair manner.The news media is not religion friendly, be it traditional religion or not.The media always seems to portray religion as a bad thing which only cause bad things. As a Christian, i am offended by the anti-Christian sentiment in the news, but I am also offended by the negative image of Muslims and New-Age religions. As I have good friends who practice this religions, it is very personal when the NEWS decides to make huge generalization or pretty obvious lies as fact. This leads me to believe that other religions that I do not know much about are not as they seem on the news.

Religion, in its many different forms, is such an important part of many peoples lives that the media really should portray it more accurately. That story about the wife of the Pagan soldier really pisses me off, the nerve of Bush.