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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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To: who knows what evil?

I agree...Mr. Holmes should sue for an amount that makes ABC squeal like pigs...Ross and Georgie should be fired.

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Yep. And if he is a real Tea Partier he won’t settle for the undisclosed 6 figure sum. He’ll bleed them dry with $400/hr legal bills for the next decade just to make a point.

Next time, maybe the State run liberal media will think twice before slandering a private citizen for political points to advance an agenda.

Because next time it could be me or you.


81 posted on 07/20/2012 7:25:23 PM PDT by Eric Blair 2084 (I don't always drink beer, but when I do, I prefer to drink a bunch of them. Stay thirsty my FRiends)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Meh, it’s always a Tea Party member.....even though time and time again they have been proven wrong.

Oops, not proven wrong, just plain lies. Whenever some psycho goes at it they always seem to jump to the Tea Party....and have been wrong each and every time. But yet, they still do.

Ulst er man Re por t. Read it and weep.

Yes, the spaces were on purpose.


82 posted on 07/20/2012 8:21:32 PM PDT by NoGrayZone (For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothing.)
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To: cynwoody

Yep - I agree.

And although there are several Jim Holmes in CO, they chose the one with a teaparty association. Actually I believe they were looking for a teaparty association.


83 posted on 07/20/2012 9:57:18 PM PDT by RRismyhero (Mr. Obama - You can keep your change.)
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To: Republic Rocker
but wait, his name sounds like he is a "white" hispanic....so that doesn't count /sarc

stupid state run media.
84 posted on 07/20/2012 10:08:43 PM PDT by Newton (If Obama is the answer it's probably a stupid question.)
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85 posted on 07/20/2012 10:20:46 PM PDT by RedMDer (https://support.woundedwarriorproject.org/default.aspx?tsid=93destr)
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To: Mich Patriot
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.

No doubt they would have been MUCH more careful had this guy had connections with obama.

This should remind us to also be very careful who we propose as perps in various situations.

86 posted on 07/21/2012 4:56:53 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
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To: Brown Deer
What qualifies Brian Ross to be a reporter?

1. Smug, haughty Jon Cary look on his face.

2. Hatred of anything that goes against the leftist agenda.

87 posted on 07/21/2012 5:04:46 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
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To: toldyou

And then there’s this!

http://augustacrime.com/brian-ross/#


88 posted on 07/21/2012 5:08:32 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
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To: SkyDancer

The amazing thing is not only how often they do this, shoot from the hip, but how often there is no, “whoops, our bad” that ever registers with the public enough to offset their initial, transparently politicized “scoop”-—to be honest, the police too have done this in the past, but now they don’t need to, they’ve got the media to do it, functioning like Junior G-Men to answer the imagined public “cry for justice”,
Mr. Holmes of the Tea Party should SUE on whatever grounds he can.Offering these empty “scoops” full of nothing whatever except the “possibility” that “this could be the guy”,always makes the media look like fools, but they want us to believe
they’re doing their journalistic “duty”.


89 posted on 07/21/2012 7:40:13 AM PDT by supremedoctrine
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To: Right Wing Assault
Hey, looks just like ABC's Brian Ross. It's been investigated enough; I'm satisfied. Mega Sarc/
90 posted on 07/21/2012 9:35:54 AM PDT by Truth29
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Law Prof. Glenn Reynolds: “... If I were the Tea Party Holmes, I’d have my lawyer talking to ABC right now. My terms: Groveling apology to be repeated on at least two national newscasts, plus This Week and all Colorado affiliates. Plus $250K in damages. No apology by tonight, and the demand goes to $5 million. Oh, and guys, be sure to preserve all records, browser histories, etc. for litigation. . . .”

http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/147048/


91 posted on 07/21/2012 12:41:35 PM PDT by Qbert ("The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry" - William F. Buckley, Jr.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
So question
How many “James Holmes” are there in Colorado ...probably many....

So of all the “James Holmes” there are in Colorado

How does ABC decide James Holmes + Tea Party member = must be shooter?

It's called "prejudices"....

Now some prejudices do have some basis in fact...

A KKK, neo Nazi, Black Panther or Islamic Jihadists members do have history of violence...even OWS members have shown a history of violence

But what is the actual historical record of violence Tea Party members?...Not what the media had presented in made for "entertainment stories"...but the true actual historical record of violence by Tea Party members?...

The truth is there is nil record of violence by Tea Party members...so a prejudices with no facts to back it up is willful ignorance and bigotry...

Willful ignorance and bigotry presented repeatedly by the media, both news and entertainment media as truth is the "Big Lie" technique of propaganda

92 posted on 07/21/2012 3:09:32 PM PDT by tophat9000 (American is Barack Oaken)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

We’re sorry we were chomping at the bit and threw caution to the winds. Law-suit at ten. Details at eleven.


93 posted on 07/21/2012 4:45:00 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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To: Right Wing Assault

“And then there’s this!http://augustacrime.com/brian-ross/#";

Soooo funny! LOL!


94 posted on 07/21/2012 8:22:11 PM PDT by toldyou (Even if the voices aren't real they have some prettyI good ideas.)
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To: Right Wing Assault; Truth29; Free ThinkerNY; crz; ElkGroveDan

From Glenn Beck...

“Charge one: Chris Davis was brutally killed and murdered he was found facedown in his pool. Brian Ross has been arrested for the killing of Chris Davis.”

“Four of the five suspects arrested made their appearance in court today. Police say Travis Bugbee and Brian Ross lured Davis to the St. Albans swimming pool on March 21.”

IMPORTANT UPDATE: ”An earlier Glenn Beck Program broadcast report did suggest that Brian Holmes of ABC News might be the suspect,” said Chief Investigator Stu Burguiere. “That report was incorrect. The Glenn Beck program and myself, Stu Burguiere, apologize for that mistake and for disseminating information before it was properly vetted.“

“Charge Two: Brian Ross sent explicit photos and text messages to two teenage girls.”

IMPORTANT UPDATE: ”An earlier Glenn Beck Program broadcast report did suggest that Brian Holmes of ABC News might be the suspect,” said Chief Investigator Stu Burguiere. “That report was incorrect. The Glenn Beck program and myself, Stu Burguiere, apologize for that mistake and for disseminating information before it was properly vetted.“

http://www.glennbeck.com/2012/07/20/abc%E2%80%99s-brian-ross-arrested-for-murder-sexual-related-charges/


95 posted on 07/21/2012 8:38:19 PM PDT by toldyou (Even if the voices aren't real they have some prettyI good ideas.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

The error + weak apology by ABC... motivated by: a combination of desperation to get rating and sick liberal virus...


96 posted on 07/21/2012 11:58:35 PM PDT by Milagros (Y)
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To: greene66
I’ll still never get over the incendiary way the media tried to make Palin complicit in the Tucson mass-murder. Within hours, the media’s constantly rotating video loop was of footage of blood on the pavement, Giffords, a photo of the little girl who was killed, and Sarah Palin walking up on stage at a Tea Party rally. Over and over again. It was akin to Soviet or Nazi-era propaganda films and the way visuals were manipulated to tie separate things together, and deliberately arousing intense emotions of hatred.

Anyway, I hope this gent goes ballistic on the media. They are evil scum.

That is just ONE technique of many the liberal mainstream media use to brainwash most of the people. the media has ruled America for a while now and so they are responsible for the growth of government(socialism) and the resulting decline of the U.S.A.

97 posted on 07/22/2012 1:13:38 PM PDT by rurgan (Sunset all laws at 4 years.China is destroying U.S. ability to manufacture,makes everything)
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To: Loud Mime

Those aren’t emotional attacks, they are calculated dis-information.


98 posted on 07/22/2012 5:39:19 PM PDT by pfflier
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To: pfflier
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99 posted on 07/23/2012 8:21:37 PM PDT by tsowellfan (http://www.cafenetamerica.com/)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Brian Ross and Stephie should both be fired. They are sleazy.


100 posted on 07/24/2012 12:43:48 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (The First Bystander must be removed!)
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