Posted on 02/08/2013 9:54:43 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
I have long considered it ridiculous to report the political/social ravings of deranged murderers like Jared Loughner, the Tucson shooter. The salient point about these people is their derangement, not its ideological manifestation (ideology actually being too serious a word in these cases). And publicizing the ideological manifestation gives the lunatic a forum he doesn’t deserve.
I’ve also believed that the publication by journalists of the political ravings of murderers is opportunistic. That is, biased journalists seek political advantage by trying (often in the most attenuated way) to connect the ravings with right-wing thinking.
Confirmation of my latter thesis can be found in the handling of Christopher Dorner’s rambling manifesto in which he purports to explain himself. Dorner, it turns out, is a fan of President Obama, Dianne Feinstein, Colin Powell, Piers Morgan, Chris Matthews, Brian Williams, Soledad O’Brien, Wolf Blitzer, Meredith Vieira, Tavis Smiley, Anderson Cooper, and Ellen DeGeneres. Meanwhile, he reviles the NRA and Wayne LaPierre, believing that the latter’s advocacy warrants the death of his family before his eyes.
But, as Charles Cooke points out, “in the combined 3,240 words of the lead stories from the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and the Associated Press, there is no mention whatsoever of the political contents of Dorner’s screed.” To be sure, they all mention the manifesto, but not what’s in it, even in New York Times’ specific post about the document...
(Excerpt) Read more at powerlineblog.com ...
You can bet that with this POS’s manifesto, expressing his love of the leftist MSM, he will be given hero status by the MSM. The MSM will investigate his grievances and he will never get the death penalty if they capture him alive. Hopefully his remains end up on the autopsy table.
-—and he was a USNR Lt. just like the three purple hearts and one band aid John Kerry!
Look up Mark James Essex of New Orleans that was killed by police on Jan 7, 1973. Black racists that kill whites and policemen are nothing new.
That would be a great topic for an article you could post to FR!
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