So, what really led to the death of Matthew Shepard? Maybe he wasn't brutally beaten up and left for dead because he was gay...maybe it's the fault of those evil, evil methamphetamines!

I am completely disgusted with ABC News right now. The program 20/20 apparently wants to investigate whether Matthew Shepard's killing was a drug-fueled mugging-gone-wrong rather than a hate crime. The killers will be interviewed, and they are apparently changing their story (even though they admitted in the trial that they were infuriated by Matthew coming on to them, which prompted the murder).

A great PlanetOut article talks about the scant coverage of gay hate crimes in the media since Shepard's death, and discusses the 20/20 news segment further.

ABC, prepare for a very, very pissed off e-mail.