ABC Does it AGAIN

I just found out today while discussing this on twitter, that Loaughner was a truther, and ANTI BUSH truther. I looked for verification but did not find any. I also found this: http://patdollard.com/2012/07/report-occupy-black-bloc-member-james-e-holmes-shoots-up-aurora-co-movie-theater-killing-12-and-wounding-50/ So, not only was it NOT a Tea Party member, rather an OWS blac bloc with a bullet proof vest, gas mask and chemicals and explosives to booby trap his apartment. Reports are that he is NOT cooperating with police.

http://www.westernjournalism.com/obama-indirectly-tied-to-the-colorado-massacre/ Very interesting point of view. See what you think.

I agree, and how about getting rid of those with an agenda? OOPS, there'd be no one to get in front of the camera, would there?

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2012/07/20/It-Begins-ABC-Ross-Stephanolpoulos-Point-to-Tea-Party-for-Dark-Knight-Shooting There is a video of the initial report on ABC.

Wonder if they'll report on THIS? http://patdollard.com/2012/07/report-occupy-black-bloc-member-james-e-holmes-shoots-up-aurora-co-movie-theater-killing-12-and-wounding-50/

And they misrepresented the mother of James Holmes. http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2012/07/holmes-mother-suggests-abc-news-mischaracterized-her-129835.html

In the article that you linked to, I actually think that both parties are telling the truth. I suspect that the phone call went more the way that the reporter claims rather than the way the mother claims, but I do believe that the mother was referring to herself when she said "you have the right person" as the reporter had initially asked her to verify her relationship to the suspect. However, I can also understand how the statement could seem like she was confirming that her son was the one that committed the crime, even though I doubt that she was. The mother was in shock and was probably not really aware of what she was saying but rather focusing on the fact that she needed to go there and see her son and find out what had happened. That is one of the reasons why I do not think that the media should try to quote family and friends, especially immediately after something like this happens ... many people say and do things during times of extreme emotional stress that they would normally not say and do, and it is not fair to them to make this public and put them on display like that, especially when their reactions could sway public opinion. Give them space and time to process things, and then if they want to speak with the press let them but do not try to force them or trick them into doing it.

Any news source should be investigated by the consumer of news. I don't trust any one to tell me something without a slant to it. BUT here's the hard part; the news consumer (as do all people) has a slant to what they believe as well. This is why the news consumer MUST learn to discern fact from opinion, it takes time, it takes effort and long gone are the days when the news consumer can passively sit and be spoon fed the 'news'. Part of the effort is making yourself aware of the historical and functional facts of any given subject that may be news worthy. Reporting the news is a form of communication. Communication is a two way street. It means the receiver must respond to what is communicated, not just listen but respond, search out the facts, and form their OWN opinion from what is communicated to them. To many people simply receive and never respond.

I'm with you on that.

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/07/23/media-must-stop-falsely-accusing-tea-party-every-time-tragegy-strikes/ The bias reared its left leaning head in the hours after news of the Colorado shooting broke. In an effort to assign blame and score a coup, ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos and reporter Brian Ross incorrectly tied the alleged Colorado shooter to the Tea Party. Stephanopoulos called it “significant.” What was significant was that the journalistic ethos of Stephanopoulos and Ross in reporting this fact barely reached the level of a fourth grader Googling Justin Beiber’s favorite color. As Stephanopoulos blithely tossed to weather, more enterprising reporters and bloggers quickly proved that ABC News had just linked the wrong man to a deadly event. Mea culpas followed, but the damage was done.

we are supposed to have a free press. But it's been bought by the LEFTISTS and is being used for propaganda. The real free press are the Breitbarts, Malkins and other bloggers who are concerned with the truth of the matter.