Dolphins vs. Schiavo

On CNN last night, they had a heartfelt, warm, touching story about hundreds of people who banned together to try to keep vulnerable dolphins alive

Rescue workers and volunteers worked nonstop to help as many as they could to return to deep water. Some dolphins made it. About two dozen died.

For 26 that clung to life there was only one chance for survival -- transfer to the Marine Mammal Conservancy rehabilitation facility on Key Largo, farther up the Keys from Marathon.

The dolphins were placed in a water pen where they have been given around-the-clock care by hundreds of volunteers who signed up for four-hour shifts.

And...

A veterinarian injects the mammals with vitamin E to help with muscle cramping. Unable to eat on their own, they are fitted with a feeding tube to get them the needed nutrition.

Now, reverse the clock a few weeks ago, when the same CNN covered the death watch for Terri Schiavo (CNN transcript from Limbaugh.com):

He has received death threats. Protesters have even staged rallies at Schiavo's house. Given the level of religious zealotry evident in the debate over Schiavo, there is reason for concern. Florida has seen its share of violence by extremists. In 1993, Michael Griffin murdered an abortion doctor in front of a Pensacola clinic. He's serving a life sentence. Paul Hill, one of Griffin's supporters, took the lives of an abortion doctor and his escort the following year. He was executed for his crime. One of Hill's supporters was caught by the FBI in Miami Beach. He was sentenced last year for plotting to blow up abortion clinics. The Florida department of law enforcement says it is monitoring the situation in Pinellas Park and, in its words, quote, collecting intelligence.

Okay, so the same reporter (John Zarrella) covers the dolphin-saving activists as noble and good, while just two weeks ago he compared all the Terri-Schiavo activists to abortion clinic bombers.

Question: Why didn't John Zarrella compare all the dolphin rescuers to the eco-terrorists, such as the Earth Liberation Front? Why were all the Schiavo protesters, in a not-so-veiled manner, blanketly associated with abortion clinic bombers? Why were those who wanted to keep the dolphins alive with feeding tubes held up as sensible and caring, while those who wanted to keep Schiavo alive dismissed as religious zealot whackos?

Tell us, Mr. Zarrella. What's your agenda? Inquiring minds want to know.