Bos. Herald: Conservative That Prevents a Suicide, 'Does Indeed Have a Heart'

How do you turn a hearwarming tale into just another excuse to call conservatives heartless, mean ol' hatemongers? Just ask Jessica Heslam from the Boston Herald who, right in the first sentence of her story, decided it would be fun to take a slap shot at a conservative that helped save a woman's life, this week.

Boston's conservative radio host, Howie Carr, helped a women decide against committing suicide on his morning radio show on Thursday when she called in distraught about her dire economic situation. Appealing to her concern for her own family, Carr convinced the woman not to kill herself by telling her the story of his own grandfather's suicide that Carr said his family never got over.

So, how did the Boston Herald's Jessica Heslam turn this story into a slap at conservatives? Check out how she began her story:

Howie Carr does indeed have a heart.

The hardboiled WRKO radio host and Herald columnist tried to dissuade a female caller - distraught over the bleak economy - from killing herself, divulging that his own grandfather committed suicide during the Depression.

Carr "has a heart"? Should we expect he doesn't just because he is a conservative talk show host? What sort of thing is that to say about a man that helped a women from killing herself? It certainly seems that the Herald just trivialized this woman's life with such offhanded treatment of Carr, doesn't it?

Sadly, the Boston Herald couldn't even tell this simple tale of a life saved without taking a shot at conservatives.

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