Conspiracy, no.
Confusion in the early reporting, yes.
Opportunism on Obama’s part—of course!
The press taking Obama’s line on the reporting, and concealing any small facts—like one of the fathers of a murdered child standing up for gun rights—yes.
Just what they always do. No conspiracy needed.
That's been the biggest problem. People confuse media incompetence with conspiracy. It is like the report of an 'AR' pulled from the trunk of his car which was obviously a shotgun (and later confirmed by the police to be a shotgun). Even this week I've seen people here reference this saying he didn't have the AR with him it was in his trunk.
I bought into what you just said ... until I saw that