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CBS Hypes Tiny 'Backlash' Against Chattanooga Student's Gun-Toting 'Graduation Photo'
newsbusters.org ^
| 4/13/2018
| Tom Blumer
Posted on 04/14/2018 11:14:34 AM PDT by rktman
A one-sided Wednesday report at CBS News tried to convince readers that University of Tennessee-Chattanooga student Brenna Spencer's "I don't take normal graduation photos" tweet picturing her with a firearm generated significant "backlash."
To create a false impression, the network cited critical tweets from two users with a combined eight Twitter followers, ignoring far more significant support Spencer received, including two Second Amendment-supporting women with a combined 160,000 followers.
CBS's unbylined April 11 story only headlined "backlash":
Woman's gun-toting "graduation photo" sparks backlash online
A University of Tennessee-Chattanooga senior's graduation photo has generated controversy on social media. In the photo, Brenna Spencer is seen wearing a bright pink "Women for Trump" T-shirt with white jeans. A black handgun is tucked into her waistband.
Spencer shared the photo on Twitter Saturday and captioned the post: "I don't take normal college graduation photos."
Some of her followers praised the photo.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Philosophy; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: 1a; 2a; banglist; cbs; ccw; education; media; msm; tennessee
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Of course they called the cops. Fidiots. Good on you young lady but sometimes discretion can go a long way.
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posted on
04/14/2018 11:14:34 AM PDT
by
rktman
To: rktman
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posted on
04/14/2018 11:15:04 AM PDT
by
rktman
(Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
To: rktman
Uh, excuse me...but there are rules. here, you know.
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posted on
04/14/2018 11:21:13 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: rktman
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posted on
04/14/2018 11:22:11 AM PDT
by
Menehune56
("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
To: rktman
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posted on
04/14/2018 11:23:10 AM PDT
by
Beagle8U
(Liberals can kiss my bitter clingers!)
To: BenLurkin
I provided the link with photos. LOL!
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posted on
04/14/2018 11:24:35 AM PDT
by
rktman
(Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
To: rktman; All
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posted on
04/14/2018 11:29:07 AM PDT
by
Beagle8U
(Liberals can kiss my bitter clingers!)
To: rktman
The liberals at Yahoo were freaking out over her, too.
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posted on
04/14/2018 11:31:25 AM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: rktman
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posted on
04/14/2018 11:37:32 AM PDT
by
LanaTurnerOverdrive
("I've done things in my life I'm not proud of. And the things I am proud of are disgusting.")
To: rktman
No, you’re wrong and here’s why.
They are trying to deprive this young lady of her constitutional rights. Make no mistake about this.
Consequently they are actually guilty of a FELONY here, and somebody rightly needs to go to JAIL for what they did to this young lady, as well as get their ass sued off so badly they are all living under a bridge somewhere with a carboard sign, and workin’ the truck stop glory holes for some extra crank money.
Alternatively if they DIAF I’m OK with that.
We’re WAY WAY WAY past time to deal with these asshats.
To: rktman
The keyword ‘banglist’ has never been more appropriate for a gun thread.
So I added it.
She could nuke the world and she still wouldn’t be guilty.
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posted on
04/14/2018 11:44:47 AM PDT
by
TigersEye
(This is the age of the death of reason.)
To: Freedom4US
So, who do you think would be more likely to be arrested? The callers or the young lady? Don’t know Chattanooga’s politics.
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posted on
04/14/2018 11:46:37 AM PDT
by
rktman
(Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
To: Freedom4US
Liberals keep doing their best to destroy the rule of law.
They should be hoping that they never accomplish that!
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posted on
04/14/2018 12:02:19 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(This is the age of the death of reason.)
To: rktman
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posted on
04/14/2018 12:04:16 PM PDT
by
Steely Tom
([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
To: TigersEye
DIAF?
Died in a Fire?
Legal Firestorm would be enough, I think.
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posted on
04/14/2018 12:06:04 PM PDT
by
Ace's Dad
("America is Great because America is Good " - Alexis de Tocqueville)
To: Steely Tom
Geesh.
The woman could melt titanium.
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posted on
04/14/2018 12:06:24 PM PDT
by
Skooz
(Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
To: Beagle8U
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posted on
04/14/2018 12:06:50 PM PDT
by
kiryandil
(Never pick a fight with an angry beehive)
To: rktman
The radio station 950 (WWJ) here in Detroit is a conduit for CBS’s Geobbels-class propaganda machine. Thank God for other sources of news.
To: Ace's Dad
I wasn’t the one who posted that but that was how I interpreted that acronym too.
Frankly I wouldn’t whiz on a media propagandist if they were on fire though.
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posted on
04/14/2018 12:20:08 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(This is the age of the death of reason.)
To: Menehune56
Definitely not guilty but possibly jail bait.
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posted on
04/14/2018 12:20:57 PM PDT
by
jdsteel
(Americans are Dreamers too!!!)
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