Speaking of Ethics in Journalism

While going through some old stuff, I came across a post about some hysterical hand-wringing by an “Authorized Journalist/real reporter” over Ohio’s permitless carry bill:

A Republican permitless carry gun law will bring Ohio more death

Reality, of course, has shown that to be utter nonsense.

I challenged the claim and the methodology behind it at the time, and invited the author to respond. Lo and behold:

I’ve learned everything I need to about you, Craig Calcaterra.

Finishing Sentences

Trump’s death penalty push gains traction in statehouses [More]

Because in addition to ignoring Constitutional checks and balances at the federal level, the president also dictates what state legislatures and governors enact…?

Democrats and legal experts say some of these efforts are unconstitutional. But Republicans…

…have no legal experts of their own to validate their position…?

Jeez, if we didn’t know better, we might think the Death Penalty Information Center is an information center, rather than apparatchiks with an agenda, where “Reports reflect an anti-death penalty stance, highlighting the negative aspects of capital punishment, supported by, among others, George Soros’ Open Society Foundation, and with a “board [that] includes the director of the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty and several defense attorneys.”

You know, the kind that let ’em out.

As for “racial disparities,” who’s committing the murders, and what does that say about the way Democrat policies guarantee disparities in personal conduct and accountability expectations?

Funny, “real reporter” Surina Venkat doesn’t mention she’s a “progressive”, and “conservative Fox News” just plugs in a propaganda piece from the left-leaning The Hill and calls it “news.”

A Beloved Superintendent

In Iowa, a sleepy city is moved to protest for a beloved superintendent detained by ICE [More]

Beloved“:

You know, the illegal alien who, in addition to that and all those current weapons charges has a past that includes “criminal possession of narcotics with intent to sell, criminal possession of narcotics, criminal possession of a forgery instrument and possession of a forged instrument in New York dating back to 1996 and charges of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, third-degree criminal possession of a weapon and fourth-degree weapon charges.”

That and, surprise, he lied about his academic qualifications.

F_in’ useful idiot Democrats.

And great headline, there, “real reporter” Tyler Kingkade/NBC News/AOL!

News You Can Wipe With

Students walk out at CVPA High School, protest gun violence [More]

Well, yeah, because learning is racist.

I wonder how many have relatives in jail… Still, I can almost forgive these children because they don’t know any better and have had their views shaped from Day One by idiots, useful and otherwise — like on-camera spokesgelding Patrick Clark, who parrots the narrative right at the start, with his insipid “young people advocating for commonsense gun safety measures” lead-in.

[Via bondmen]

The Non-Psychic FFL Loophole

Gun store owner says shooter who killed 2 schoolchildren showed no warning signs before attack… Westman had already passed the required background checks and had a valid permit to purchase the gun… [More]

So, if prior restraints thrown up by all the king’s horses and all the king’s men couldn’t stop him, what’s the point of saying the store guy didn’t catch any disqualifiers?

Ah, the old “You’re law-abiding until you’re not” argument the grabbers apply to all of us… And that gun manufacturers and dealers “knew or should have known”…

Two words: Associated Press.

Fair Means or Foul

Violence is hitting Ohio’s county fairs, and state law protects guns over fairgoers [More]

It would help if they told us which laws the violent would obey, and how making the peaceable more vulnerable to their predation would do anything but make it worse.

But, like typical statists, their answer is to disempower the individual and give more to the controllers, and call for more when that predictably doesn’t do anything but put free men in restraints.

You don’t hate “authorized journalists” enough.

[Via JG]

Lies of Omission

“Greyhound? I’m working on trying to get them to stop their policy of letting guns be carried across state lines…and we want Governor Kemp to come on with the gun law, close it back. We don’t need our young brothers with guns,” Hightower said. [More]

Yo, Fox 5 and “real reporter” Eric Mock (originally from Portland OR) who called it “murder”: You don’t think it’s important to inform your readers/viewers that the “victim” was a “prohibited person” who was shot and killed while trying to commit an armed robbery…?

Any plans on a “clarification” or are you hoping nobody notices?

[Via Steve T]

Redefining ‘Government Watchdog’

Denver Post Doxxes Citizens For Sharing Pictures And Public Records About Crime… “People who claim to be citizen journalists must stand by their work with a byline and endure the negative comments and threats that come with the job,” wrote Denver Post columnist Krista Kafer. [More]

Ever here of “Publius,” Krista?

Be careful — that doxxing door swings both ways, and your fellow Democrats changed the rules of engagement.

[Via bondmen]

Speaking of Deeply Personal Betrayals

Exclusive: The ‘Unique and Deeply Personal Betrayal’ of Pam Bondi, According to a Parkland Shooting Survivor [More]

Yeah, how dare she not betray her oath instead and make us all as utterly helpless as  Jaclyn Corin, who helpfully lets us know that even Rick Scott’s concessions were not enough?

Victims of citizen disarmament diktats take it personally, too, stupid little girl.

Time really is lapdog journalism at its most obsequious. Belinda Luscombe no doubt considers herself a “real journalist.”

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