Please give us link(s) and more specifics as to which pro-LdS press you're talking about and you can be assured of a thoughtful response.

Per Mister_IT’s request, here’s some more details: On July 20, 1833, a mob ransacked the offices of *The Evening and Morning Star* in Independence, Missouri. They destroyed almost every copy of the Book of Commandments (the precursor to today’s Doctrine and Covenants), the few survivors being saved by 14-year-old Mary Elizabeth Rollins and her 12-year-old sister, Caroline. The mob returned many times throughout the next few months, continually ransacking and burning the Saints’ houses and property (over 200 homes were destroyed) and assaulting men and women alike. The printing press and store were destroyed on 1 November 1833, and the Saints—unable to appeal to the law, since the county judge, two justices of the peace, and several county officers were among the leaders of the mob—eventually fled to the north, many tainting the snow-covered ground with their frostbitten and bleeding feet. (As an aside, some four years later, Latter-day Saints were first denied the right to vote, then the right to live. This last event occurred when avowed “anti-Mormon” Governor Lilburn W. Boggs declared “Mormonism” a capital crime and ordered all Church members to be run out of the state or “exterminated.” Nice guy.) Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evening_and_Morning_Star http://saintswithouthalos.com/dirs/jc_expulsion.phtml http://www.lds4u.com/History/ch6.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilburn_Boggs

SHORT ANSWER: Because there's not much to discuss about the Jackson County press destruction - it was an illegal act by a villigante mob of religious bigots. The Nauvoo press destruction is FAR more interesting. LONG ANSWER: Because one was done by a group of vigilantes (Jackson County, MO), and the other was done by the City Council of Nauvoo. Both were illegal but only one was a blatant abuse of power - Nauvoo. Therefore, the Nauvoo incident is far more interesting on a number of levels including: 1) The motion was introduced by the Mayor of Nauvoo, Joseph Smith, Jr., whose bad behavior and abuse of power was exposed by the Nauvoo Expositor. 2) The City Council was stacked with Mormons who were passionately loyal to the Mayor. 3) The Mayor was ALSO the Military Leader of the Town. 4) Newspapers held a unique place in 19th Century America that 21st Americans find hard to understand. The destruction of the Nauvoo Expositor would be somewhat akin to CBS canceling 60-Minutes or PBS canceling "The News Hours" today. 5) The event generated a public outcry and civil intervention that ultimately led to the assassination of the aforementioned Mayor. Therefore, the destruction of the Nauvoo Expositor carries historical weight that the Jackson County press lacks. The destruction of the Jackson County press was just another tragic, bigoted, extreme, and absurd destruction of a religious press accompanied by the mindless violence and bad behavior that usually accompany such acts. Pretty common, pretty "vanilla". Worth noting but not all that interesting. The destruction of the Nauvoo Expositor was unique, unusual, and complex. Pretty interesting! So where the LdS on AB see conspiracies and hypocrisy I just see human nature: One incident is interesting and unique, the other one . . . not so much. SUMMARY CONCLUSION: There's no conspiracy here, the destruction of the Jackson County printing press just isn't all that engaging relative to the destruction of the Nauvoo Expositor.

Because mob violence isn't the same thing as government violence/censorship.