Category: Authorized Journalists

The Cognitive Dissonance…It Burns

Tucson Mayor Regina Romero and former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords are pushing for “sensible” state gun regulations and more funding for violence prevention, days after a mass shooting left 10 injured, including the suspected gunman. [More]

Notice they don’t specify which gun “regulation” would work…?

And great “real reporting” there, Mia Kortright. Not only did you have no opposing view from people who know better, you didn’t even reference your own paper’s report admitting:

Paul Ingram/TucsonSentinel.com

The alleged gunman who wounded nine in Tucson last weekend was put on probation under a plea deal for a 2024 shooting incident because prosecutors “lost contact with the victim”…

So, the Giffords report is naked propaganda put together by an idiot who probably considers herself a “reporter.”

Authorized Journalists, Fourth Estate Fifth Columnists, the DSM, or just plain Lügenpresse… is it any wonder we love them so?

Talk About a Slanted Take…

A Woman Lost Two Partners to Guns—Then the N.R.A. Came to Collect [More]

So, is the woman-championing New Yorker suddenly questioning a woman’s right/competency to choose life partners? And are a man’s dying wishes not to be honored?

As far as overall numbers…

And let’s not forget the Only Ones prohibitionists say should have guns…

Great “real reporting” there, DSM flack Mike Spies…

[Via Dan Gifford]

That’s Why They’re ‘Authorized Journalists’

Gotta make sure the right views are put forth…

[Via bondmen]

Where There’s Smoke…?

Report: Rep. Chuck Edwards Gave Female Staffers Pink and Blue Handguns [More]

In the absence of evidence that this was part of a sexual harassment effort and/or was paid for by taxpayers, how is this not just a targeted political tactic?

It would help if we knew who his accusers were, but Axios won’t tell us and we’re just supposed to accept its spin.

[Via bondmen]

Broader Questions

A Congressman’s Gun Store Is Linked to a Federal Trafficking Case. He’s Trying to Defund the ATF. [More]

Wait– so someone apparently straw purchased “more than 40 firearms from gun stores in the Athens area between September 2020 and July 2021 … at least 20 of those firearms have since been recovered by law enforcement, several in connection with violent crimes,” and “Among the firearms recovered was ONE [emphasis added] purchased at Clyde Armory, the Georgia gun store owned by Representative Andrew Clyde” and someone is trying to make the case that “rais[es] broader questions about conflicts of interest, regulatory oversight, and the intersection of private business and public office”…?

Really?

That raises broader questions with me about the motivations and political leanings of the author and his publisher:

MeidasTouch

Be Careful What You Wish For

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) board of directors voted to affirm the organization’s definition of a journalist to make clear that terrorists are also journalists worthy of protection. [More]

Has the Committee heard about Bill Clinton’s Rules of Engagement?

[Via Michael G]

This is What We’re Up Against

The Guardian says that further censorship of U.S. social media companies is needed to control dissent in Europe [More]

Funny– going to The Guardian story from there and this pops up:

Guardian

If I’m getting these it means I’m not paying my fair share.

You don’t hate the DSM enough.

Bloody f_n’ hypocrite wankers.

Lalala they can’t HEAR you…

[Via Michael G]

Tsunami Warning

What’s in the Trump administration’s ‘tsunami’ of gun deregulation [More]

Oh, no! Infringing on infringements! Head for higher ground!

Because we all know how ATF rules affect predator decision-making.

“Real reporter” Avery Lotz carries the prohibitionists’ water for them.

She probably also believes repeating talking points can’t ultimately be done a lot cheaper by AI.

[Via Michael G]