Comments on: A Must Watch Rant About How to Stop Mass Shootings

By: theCL Report: Mugged By Reality

theCL Report: Mugged By Reality — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:41:39 +0000

[...] A Must Watch Rant About How to Stop Mass Shootings [...]

By: PeterL

PeterL — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 03:21:20 +0000

You really need to make it clearer exactly which “losers” you are talking about in the second paragraph. Reading the post, I first thought you were calling the father of the shooting victim a loser.

By: Stephen Littau

Stephen Littau — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 19:55:00 +0000

I think you are right Mingo. I don’t think there is any question that the MSM has an anti-gun agenda and they seem to be willing to give these losers the fame they crave while blaming the weapon instead of the loser. To show any heroism on the part of someone who isn’t a cop – especially someone who isn’t a cop who uses a firearm to prevent additional carnage, goes against this agenda.

Of course I’m not calling for government censorship or anything like that but only admonishing the press to do this on their own (and I think MrColionNoir would agree).

All I can do is choose not to participate in making these losers famous. I’ve decided to adopt the same policy for those losers who picket funerals.

By: MingoV

MingoV — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 23:04:00 +0000

The idea of not providing publicity for mass murderers and other scumbags has been advocated numerous times over the past forty years. The problem is that implementation requires responsible and ethical journalism that never was widespread and is almost nonexistent today.

Here’s what’s tragic: A news program that said: “A dozen nuns were murdered at a convent in New Hampshire. The 28-year-old murderer was arrested by local police. We aren’t going to reveal his name, because he doesn’t deserve any fame.” would be praised by the vast majority of viewers. The news program’s ratings would go up. So, even irresponsible and unethical journalists would gain by keeping mum. Unfortunately, they don’t seem to realize it.