Press irresponsibility AFTER the VA Tech Massacre

[red-beard]

"It's Intersting when People die
Give us Dirty Laundry!"

[legion]

Well, the AP is outraged that every shooting doesn't prompt a knee-jerk gun law:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070417/ap_on_go_co/virginia_tech_gun_control

[Dantilla]

I listened to a bit of "Air America" this morning. Within four minutes, I heard blame placed on both George Bush, and Ronald Reagan.

It was also said (within the same four minutes) that the only reason President Bush offered any condolences was that the victims were upper class whites.

[red-beard]

Are you sure you weren't listening to "Black Panther" radio?

[BlueSkyJaunte]

I came home from work yesterday to find the TV already on. How pathetic that this tragedy already had a custom-designed logo and theme song on NBC.

Nauseating.

[legion]

And more:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070418/ap_on_re_eu/virginia_tech_world_view

LONDON - The Virginia Tech shootings sparked criticism of U.S. gun control laws around the world Tuesday. Editorials lashed out at the availability of weapons, and the leader of Australia — one of America's closest allies — declared that America's gun culture was costing lives.

[VaSteve]

The Nagasaki mayor was shot today... Japan has strict gun laws.

[nostatic]

Originally posted by cairns
Robert I agree that's why I say take it (esp. Drudge's developing) with a grain of salt. But where else can you go and link directly to Sydney, Pravda, BBC and virtually everything else???

http://news.google.com

All the sources, none of the bias/tripe.

[legion]

Originally posted by legion
Well, the AP is outraged that every shooting doesn't prompt a knee-jerk gun law:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070417/ap_on_go_co/virginia_tech_gun_control

Weird, now the story at this link is about Harry Reid cautioning against new gun laws. I wonder what happened?

[Gogar]

Hey read the first post.

I'm done watching. I flipped through Fox News and Greta or whatever her name is was standing on top of a hill overlooking the unlit VAT campus, interviewing a witness.

"Over there, well, you can't see it becaue it's 11pm, but that's where the dorm is. And over there, well, you can't see it because we're out here on this hilltop in the middle of the night, that's where he shot everyone else."

What a bunch of f**kballs.

[Porsche-O-Phile]

<----- Disgusted by the media and all the grandstanding bleeding-hearts.

The coverage on the radio today has been horrendous. I'm all for them trying to cover the investigation of what went wrong and any actual newsworthy updates, but I seriously doubt there are going to be any. Let L.E. and the analysts do their jobs and let the people affected get on with the process of healing. The media feeding frenzy has been absolutely unbearable (been listening to CDs all day 'cause I can't stomach turning the radio back on).

Not to politicize this, but more people died, probably in equally or more gruesome fashion in Iraq the other day. Any media coverage? Nope. Any interviews with family members left behind? Nope. Guess that's a "tired" story and the deceased just happened to be in the wrong place & time when they died so they don't get their posthumous 15 minutes of fame. Just an observation. . .

[hytem]

The kid is from a South Korean family. An introvert.

The media overplays most things in America these days--there is simply too much of it since cable and the internet. It can be suppressive. There is even talk of "airport-type security" on college campuses. Utter nonsense.

These types of things happen occasionally in a society prone to excesses. Some people live on the edge. "Taxi Driver" comes to mind.

[sammyg2]

If we had tighter immigration laws that were actually enforced, this never would have happened. I don't care if you don't like that statement, it is still true.

[jyl]

sammy, that is a stupid statement.

The only logical reason to point out that a crime was committed by a person fitting a particular characteristic is if persons fitting that characteristic are more likely to commit similar crimes. In that case, and only in that case, it makes sense to focus on the characteristic and see if we can reasonably reduce the incidence of such crimes by controlling persons fitting the characteristic.

Show me some evidence that legal, green-card-holding, permanent resident aliens are more likely to commit mass shootings. If you have such evidence, then your comment could make sense.

If you have no such evidence, then your comment is as irrelevant as stating that the crime was committed by a man with black hair, or who wore glasses, or lived in Centreville VA.

Well, it's not entirely irrelevant. It is relevant to demonstrate your bigotry and ignorance.

I don't care if you don't like that statement, it is still true.

[legion]

The only thing I think his background shows is that nut jobs can come from anywhere.

[VaSteve]

Originally posted by legion
The only thing I think his background shows is that nut jobs can come from anywhere.

Yeah, "****ing nuts" knows no boundries.

[VaSteve]

Explain this to me.... a guys kills 32 people in the worst massacre in US history and NBC feels the need to censor out the work F U CK? WTF?

[legion]

How about stupid comments by people covered ad-nauseum by the press?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/realclearpolitics/20070419/cm_rcp/obama_not_ready_for_prime_time

Barack Obama (news, bio, voting record) apparently believes that the mass murder of 32 students and professors at Virginia Tech is on a par with the violence represented by outsourcing of American jobs. I kid you not. He actually made this comparison in his latest attempt at instant profundity on the meaning of it all. I don't think even Lou Dobbs would sink this low on the "tragedy" of outsourcing.
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The Senator also thinks that there is a kind of violence for the children in "ignored communities" whose voices are not heard (define for me ignored communities, Senator), and there is verbal violence in Don Imus's "nappy-headed hos" comment. I suspect that the families of the 32 dead would have welcomed such verbal violence instead of the real violence that their loved ones were hit with. Insults or murder -- is that a choice of evils the Senator thinks are really comparable?

[Moses]

The day after the shootings I saw a reporter interviewing a student who was a witness to some of the shootings. He asked the student "How does it feel to have lost so many friends and classmates like this?" What a moron. I haven't turned on the news since.

I'm waiting for Paris Hilton to shave her head or something really important.

[Tobra]

Showing crazy boy's manifesto is irresponsible and will encourage this sort of activity. I have not watched any more of this than I did when OJ or Beretta were on the news for killing or ordering killing