Do gay criminals get a free p from media scorn?

First there were the two sickos who killed Jeffrey Dirkhising. Then the NAMBLA creeps who murdered Jeffrey Curley. Soon after, Miranda Prather lied about being aulted. Later, numerous hate crime hoaxes happened. Now, we have Frank Lombard. None of those cases got major media coverage. While Matthew Shepherd's death is bombarded with weeks of news reports and front page headlines.