Posted on 01/16/2011 2:40:59 PM PST by bronxville
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ABC News
“Though there are no known ties whatsoever between shooting suspect Jared Lee Loughner and Sarah Palin or any part of the Tea Party movement, the “crosshairs” became part of the media coverage of the Tucson shootings from the very beginning.”
LA Times
(23rd paragraph)
“Those seeking a coherent philosophy will probably be frustrated”, said Mark Pitcavage, director of investigative research at the Anti-Defamation League. “So far, most of his beliefs appear to be the product of his own mind, primarily,” he said.
Wall Street Journal
“All he did was play video games and play music,” said Tommy Marriotti, a high school friend. Mr. Marriotti said much of Mr. Loughner’s free time was devoted to the school band. He wasn’t especially political, Mr. Marriotti said, though he expressed frustration with the Bush Administration”
CBS News
(14th paragraph)
Preliminary examinations of Loughner’s web presence suggest he shared passions with both the far left and far right.
The Washington Post
“Turns out the politics espoused by the alleged gunman, Jared Lee Loughner, 22, are difficult to pin down.
The New Yorker
“Judging from his Internet postings, Jared Lee Loughner is a delusional young man whose inner political landscape is a swamp of dystopian novels, left- and right-wing tracts, conspiracy theories, and contempt for his fellow human beings.”
New York Post
“we really don’t know a thing about Loughner’s motivations”
Washington Post
At this point, there’s no evidence that any statement from any politician sent Jared Loughner over the edge.
ABC News
“However, so far there is no evidence that he has any ties to any political group”
Time Magazine
His exact motivation was not clear, but a former classmate described Loughner as a pot-smoking loner who had rambling beliefs about the world.
Fox News
Megyn Kelly: “…I’m wondering is do you have reason to believe that this particular suspected killer was taking in information or was in any way influenced by the vitriol or the rhetoric that you are referring to on the airwaves”
Sherriff Dupnik: “I have to be specific and say that I don’t have that evidence. The investigation is in it’s initial phases. My belief, and I’ve been watching what has been going on in this country for the last 75 years and I’ve been a police officer for over 50 years, There’s no doubt in my mind that when a number of people try to inflame the public that there is going to some consequences from doing that and I think it’s irresponsible to do that.”
Megyn Kelly: “Is that, Sheriff, it sounds like you’re being very honest, but that’s just your speculation. That’s not saying it’s fact based at this point.”
Dupnik: “That’s my opinion, period.”
CNN
BLITZER: But the question is, is there any evidence that the suspected shooter in this particular
case was a Sarah Palin fan?
YELLIN: No.
BLITZER: Read Sarah Palin's website?
YELLIN: Absolutely not.
BLITZER: Watched her FaceBook, her tweets or anything like that?
YELLIN: None at all and there is no evidence that this is even inspired by rage other healthcare.
MSNBC/NBC
Some liberals quick to point the finger are linking 22-year-old shooter Jared Loughner to the Tea Party—showing the same lack of restraint and tendency to demonize their ideological opponents that they accuse the right of having.
Bloomberg
The evidence doesn’t suggest that any of the victims of the Jan. 8 shopping center rampage, including U.S. District Judge John Roll and a 9-year-old child, who were both slain, were shot for their politics, right- or left-wing.
Business Insider
“there’s zero evidence that the Arizona tragedy is somehow related to political speech”
Good Morning America
“The shooter’s motives remain unclear. One acquaintance from 2007 described him as liberal.”
Washington Examiner
There’s little evidence he has a coherent ideology. Loughner’s philosophy professor says the 22-year-old acted like “someone whose brains were scrambled” and whose “thoughts were unrelated to anything in our world.”
The Washington Post
“Loughner’s decision to affiliate as an independent rather than a Republican or Democrat would seem to affirm the sense that while he targeted Giffords in the attack, it was not a decision born of a set of deeply held political beliefs that fit neatly into either party.”
And, let me end by giving credit where some credit is due—a few left wing publications also telling the truth about the story.
Mother Jones
Barring any new evidence that directly links Loughner to any political activism or activities, Democrats will have a tough time pinning the blame on extreme rhetoric.
Slate
“around a third of the country that blames rhetoric for the attack, despite evidence that it had nothing to do with it.”
The New Republic
“Conservatives are furious that the shooting of Gabrielle Giffords is being pinned on them. Their indignation is justified. “
Some might say–”Hey, doesn’t this prove that the media IS covering the truth about Loughner? What are you so upset about?”
Mainly because in many of the stories above, these are toss away sentences in an article or column that furthers the storyline. They include one sentence halfway down the page that basically says “oh, by the way, we have no reason to tie these killings with the right. Now, more about the right’s rhetoric and the shooting…”
If you want to complain about our discourse…fine. That’s your right. In fact, it’s part of healthy discourse. But, conservatives have about as much to do with these shootings eggplant parmesan. Absolutely nothing. It would be nice if someone noticed that.
Hey all you libtard Media: STFU - you know nothing of what you speak.
Loughner is a man under the influence of leftist ideology.
Leftist thinking is by nature incoherent, a condition resulting from the chaos of relativism.
Relativism, the bedrock of progressive ideology, asserts there is no ultimate truth, allowing leftists to engage in their common practice of asserting one thing today and then completely contradicting themselves tomorrow. (Like schizophrenics do.) Take it a step further and you have insanity, then chaos and destruction.
Progressivism is founded on the absurd belief that certain people can be given the power to give and to take away the rights of other people. This principle confirms to the sociopath that he is morally free to kill other people as he chooses.
Progressivism widely teaches that human life has no intrinsic value. Through liberal sentencing of convicted criminals, it teaches that committing horrible crimes such as killing other people will likely bring minimal consequences. Liberalism encourages the sociopath to kill.
There you have it. Loughner merely followed progressive ideology to its ultimate conclusion.
“Conservatives are furious that the shooting of Gabrielle Giffords is being pinned on them. Their indignation is justified. “
Just the simple truth - when it comes from a part of the liberal media - feels like a great gift. Thank you, New Republic - your kindness is appreciated.
“Conservatives are furious that the shooting of Gabrielle Giffords is being pinned on them. Their indignation is justified. “
Eye popper ping...
The simple truth - coming from a part of the liberal media - feels like a great gift. Thank you, New Republic - your kindness is appreciated.
Thanks for the heads up on this one.
Next, they will try to control the conversation by referring to any use of words such as 'job-killing', 'attack', or anything else they think would be a theme of violence.
They remind me of the court of Jabba The Hutt.
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