GUNS AND THE NEWS

[UncleEd]

Media bias is far more obvious now than even 20 years ago, and it was bad then. I wish I could understand why. Nobody reports anything, they only editorialize and spin the news.

Ben Franklin deplored his journalistic rivals for being liars and scalawags of the worst sort for not agreeing with his every comment and report.

Nothing new.

Actual "unbiased" and straight reporting sans adjectives started to be more an objective after the beginning of the 20th Century, but you couldn't tell Hearst, McCormick, Pulitzer et. al.
that.

Oh, and in the tradition of news gathering, don't call a newspaperman a journalist because the very word "journalist"
implies the reality of interpretation. Few in the news business
just want to give the who, what, when, where, why and how
without embellishment. It doesn't build careers especially on TV.

 

[ClayCow]

You guys realize alot of people arent familiar with guns. Hence the mistakes? I guaranty people could talk some academic subject to you guys, when you try to say something, youll.look stupid. I dont understand why so many gun owners think theyre the smartest people in the world and everyone is dumb just because they understand "2A" and know about guns.

 

[pharmer]

You guys realize alot of people arent familiar with guns. Hence the mistakes? I guaranty people could talk some academic subject to you guys, when you try to say something, youll.look stupid. I dont understand why so many gun owners think theyre the smartest people in the world and everyone is dumb just because they understand "2A" and know about guns.

I'm polar opposite of the "smartest people" and knowing this helps me keep my piehole shut regarding topics I know nothing about. Joe

 

[Jst1mr]

You guys realize alot of people arent familiar with guns. Hence the mistakes? I guaranty people could talk some academic subject to you guys, when you try to say something, youll.look stupid. I dont understand why so many gun owners think theyre the smartest people in the world and everyone is dumb just because they understand "2A" and know about guns.

Lack of expertise may be tolerable for anyone in the context of casual conversation...but I think it is fair to expect a lawmaker to intrinsically understand a subject prior to introducing or sponsoring legislation in hopes that it may become the law of the land. Is that really asking too much?

 

[fiasconva]

One of my favorites is..."Officers found numerous bullet shells at the crime scene."

 

[BigBoy99]

Why I hate the media!

When my brother was in Viet Nam, he was taking some R&R in Saigon and was seated on the balcony of his hotel. It over looked a busy intersection in the city. He saw a US news crew with a camera on the corner just standing there. Down one of the streets was a group of children carrying sign and banners, all in Vietnamese. My brother knew enough of the language to see this was a religious group on their way to pay homage to Budda. As the religious group approached the corner where the news crew was standing, one of of the crew members pulled a tear gas grenade from his bag and threw it into the group of children. The ensuing chaos was filmed by the cameraman. Two days later this film clip was on the US national news as "children rioting against the war". My brother said that if had his M16 with him on that balcony, there would have been one dead news crew!