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Exclusive: Interview With James Michael Holmes, Hispanic Tea Party Member Falsely Accused by ABC
Big Government ^ | July 20, 2012 | Joel B. Pollak

Posted on 07/20/2012 11:26:26 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

Breitbart News spoke to James Michael Holmes, the Tea Party member falsely identified this morning by ABC News' Brian Ross and George Stephanopoulos on Good Morning America as the possible suspect in the mass shooting early this morning at a screening of the new Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises. He is a 52-year-old Hispanic conservative who joined the Tea Party after becoming disillusioned with the Republican party.

"It was freaky," said Holmes, describing his reaction when ABC News speculated that he was the culprit who entered a crowded theater and opened fire on dozens of innocent men, women, and children. He disconnected his telephone and says that he is worried about members of his family who might be contacted by the media.

ABC News has since corrected its initial report, but tried to share the blame with "social media" and "members of the public" at first:

An earlier ABC News broadcast report suggested that a Jim Holmes of a Colorado Tea Party organization might be the suspect, but that report was incorrect. Several other local residents with similar names were also contacted via social media by members of the public who mistook them for the suspect.

Now the correction has been updated, with ABC News and Brian Ross taking full responsibility, and apologizing:

An earlier ABC News broadcast report suggested that a Jim Holmes of a Colorado Tea Party organization might be the suspect, but that report was incorrect. ABC News and Brian Ross apologize for the mistake, and for disseminating that information before it was properly vetted.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: abcnews; apology; aurorashooting; batmanshooting; brianross; enemedia; hispanics; ignorantmedia; jamesholmes; jimholmes; mediabias; mediamalpratice; mediots; oops; presstitutes; teaparty
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1 posted on 07/20/2012 11:26:30 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Typical of the media. They shoot from the hip and then say “whoopsie” our bad? Now this poor guy will be harassed by who knows who because of them.


2 posted on 07/20/2012 11:29:24 AM PDT by SkyDancer ("Ambition Without Talent Is Sad - Talent Without Ambition Is Worse")
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Any one named Holmes that was contacted by the media assuming they were the shooter needs to sue the crap out of that media,apology or not.This crap is out of control especially when the shooter was in custody


3 posted on 07/20/2012 11:31:55 AM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Hold ‘em accountable.


4 posted on 07/20/2012 11:32:52 AM PDT by pfflier
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Mr. Holmes, may I suggest you say nothing more and contact the most rabid, media-hating lawyer you can find...

and sue the obama out of them. Go for the jugular, they certainly wouldn’t hesitate to do the same to you.


5 posted on 07/20/2012 11:34:16 AM PDT by MichaelCorleone ('We the People' can and will take this country back...starting today.)
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To: t1b8zs

This is now the DNC’s worst nightmare... put a HISPANIC TEA PARTY member on every news outlet whom was FALSELY accused by the Leftist Lame media!


6 posted on 07/20/2012 11:34:16 AM PDT by Republic Rocker
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To: Free ThinkerNY

LIBEL.


7 posted on 07/20/2012 11:35:09 AM PDT by the invisib1e hand
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Yet another example of a kneejerk reaction by one of Barry 'RAT toadies in the state run "media".

"Never let the truth or the facts get in the way of a good America-bashing story!" - The journalists' Hypocritic Oath.

8 posted on 07/20/2012 11:37:01 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Who is Barack Hussein Obama?)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Instead of issueing a statement Ross should be apologizing on the air every 5 minutes.


9 posted on 07/20/2012 11:38:32 AM PDT by Terry Mross ( To kin and former friends: Do not attempt to contact me as long as you love obama.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Proof? We don’ need no steenking proof. We’re with the MSM.


10 posted on 07/20/2012 11:38:44 AM PDT by Robwin
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To: the invisib1e hand

LIBEL.


MALICE...anti-Tea Party and racist media


11 posted on 07/20/2012 11:39:56 AM PDT by Hotlanta Mike (Resurrect the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC)...before there is no America!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

You can’t un-ring a bell.

Were I king, I would shut down ABC and launch an IRS investigation into all corporate officers, employees, and advertisers.


12 posted on 07/20/2012 11:41:18 AM PDT by Arm_Bears (Journalists first; then lawyers.)
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An expensive lawsuit has a chance of getting Brian Ross fired. And there’s no denying that ABC has the kind of deep pockets ambulance chasers have wet dreams about. Which is why ABC and Ross both apologized. Hopefully too late for them to avoid paying out a bunch of cash to Holmes.


13 posted on 07/20/2012 11:41:29 AM PDT by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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14 posted on 07/20/2012 11:41:29 AM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: MichaelCorleone
Mr. Holmes, may I suggest you say nothing more and contact the most rabid, media-hating lawyer you can find... and sue the obama out of them. Go for the jugular, they certainly wouldn’t hesitate to do the same to you.

I agree. When a conservative apologizes for something, it's never good enough, it's never accepted. No amount of apologies are considered sufficient. The person is expected to pay for it with their career. The same should apply here. Take these bastards for every cent they have!

15 posted on 07/20/2012 11:43:41 AM PDT by GreenHornet
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To: pfflier

Emotional attacks rather than logical ones....it’s lynch mob politics. It is promoted by liberalism.


16 posted on 07/20/2012 11:44:49 AM PDT by Loud Mime (Defeat Obama. Everything else is secondary)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Even breitbart seems to think that identifying this guy as an Hispanic is more important than identifying him as an American. The left has won in battle of taking control of our discussions.


17 posted on 07/20/2012 11:45:09 AM PDT by raybbr (People who still support Obama are either a Marxist or a moron.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

If i was this guy I’d be telling ABC to get their checkbook out.


18 posted on 07/20/2012 11:45:21 AM PDT by day10 (Integrity has no need of rules.)
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To: t1b8zs

I’ve never sued anyone, but I sure do agree with you. The MSM need to be restrained from their libelous behavior.


19 posted on 07/20/2012 11:45:21 AM PDT by kitkat
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The apology part: "An earlier ABC News broadcast report suggested that a Jim Holmes of a Colorado Tea Party organization might be the suspect, but that report was incorrect. ABC News and Brian Ross apologize for the mistake, and for disseminating that information before it was properly vetted." ...is a TOTAL LOAD OF CRAP.

While it may be true that they got the information from outside the ABC organization, that doesn't excuse the fact that they friggin tripped over themselves to report it, rather than investigate first. The whole focus of the "apology" is to blame the source rather than their own libtard agenda for making them careless and irresponsible.

20 posted on 07/20/2012 11:49:15 AM PDT by Mich Patriot (Today if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse. RReagan)
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