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Washington Post gets eviscerated for connecting leftist baseball shooter to right-wing radio host
The Blaze ^
| Jul 9, 2017 9:01 am
| Chris Enloe
Posted on 07/10/2017 1:43:12 PM PDT by TBP
The Washington Post took lots of heat over the weekend after the outlet published a story that appeared to connect last months leftist baseball shooter to a right-wing radio host.
James Hodgkinson of Belleville, Illinois, opened fire last month on a group of congressional Republicans at a baseball field in Alexandria, Virginia, who were practicing for the annual Republican versus Democrat baseball game that raises money for charity.
Hodgkinson was able to wound four people, including House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.), before being shot by a Capitol Police officer who was part of Scalises security detail. Hodgkinson later died of his injuries.
On the day of the shooting, it was quickly discovered that Hodgkinson was an ultra-progressive Democrat who supported Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) during last years election. Hodgkinsons social media postings also revealed that he had a deep hatred for President Donald Trump and Republicans. All of that evidence led investigators to point to politics as Hodgkinsons motive.
But that didnt stop the Post from apparently alleging Saturday that Hodgkinson was partly inspired by a pro-Trump, right-wing radio host in his hometown.
The news outlet in a story titled, In Alexandria shooters hometown, rage-filled radio host channels middle Americas inner frustration, profiled local Belleville radio host Bob Romanik. The story describes Romanik as a racist, pro-Trump supporter who blames crime on black people.
While Romaniks radio audience may largely be filled with Republicans and white people, the Post story also connected disenfranchised Democrats to Romanik by quoting remarks the radio host recently made.
I cant say for sure if this Hodgkinson guy listened to me, but he probably did, Romanik said recently, according to the Post. If people would be honest about what drove Hodgkinson to the point of violence, youd probably see a lot of people right on the same page with him all over the country. But around here, for sure.
Needless to say, Twitter was pretty fired up about the story and people were quick to rebuke the Post. After all, Hodginsons own social media postings describe perfectly how he felt about non-liberals.
Similarly, the New York Times also tried to downplay the role that Democratic politics played in Hodgkinsons decision to attack the GOP congressmen just days after the attack happened while Scalise was still in the hospital fighting for his life.
TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: baseballshooting; deepstate; fakenews; insurrection; morelies; nyt; nytimes; nyts; sanderssupporter; sedition; wapo; washingtonpost
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/17/us/virginia-shooting-james-hodgkinson-illinois.html?smid=tw-share
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/07/08/in-alexandria-shooters-home-town-rage-filled-radio-host-channels-middle-americas-inner-frustration/?tid=sm_tw&utm_term=.8a2b0b3ae992#comments
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posted on
07/10/2017 1:43:12 PM PDT
by
TBP
To: TBP
To everything there is a season....
To those who might remember the Black Robe Rebellion...
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posted on
07/10/2017 1:54:40 PM PDT
by
bigmak007
(They who can't control their own passions, want to passionately control others.)
To: TBP
To: TBP
The lies from the Compost and Ny Slimes seem to be hurting these fishwraps financially. Bad enough their elite owners are begging for help. How about printing the truth.
Bezos, Slim, and Buffett,
Publicly Pleading Poverty,
Ask Congress for Help
With Their Newspapers
By IRA STOLL, Special to the Sun | July 10, 2017
Its the sort of brazen move that might ordinarily trigger a front-page news story or an outraged editorial a bunch of rich individuals asking Congress to write them a law that would give them better negotiating power against other rich individuals.
Yet in this case, the rich individuals wanting special treatment are the newspaper owners themselves. Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos (worth $83.9 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index), New York Times owner Carlos Slim (worth $61.1 billion), and Buffalo News owner Warren Buffett ($76.9 billion), publicly pleading poverty, are asking Congress for a helping hand in their negotiations with Google, controlled by Sergey Brin ($45.6 billion) and Larry Page ($46.8
Excerpted. For the full sad story about Bezos, Slim and Buffett whining about their fishwraps dying due to lack of readership and unable to compete with Google and Facebook.
http://www.nysun.com/national/bezos-slim-and-buffett-billionaires-pleading/90026/
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posted on
07/10/2017 1:58:50 PM PDT
by
Grampa Dave
(President Trump is not a Republican suffering from post traumatic press syndrome...!!!)
To: Grampa Dave
If they want to spend their own money propping up the Ministry of Propaganda’s dead tree editions, let them.
Do not give them any help.
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posted on
07/10/2017 2:29:56 PM PDT
by
Lurkinanloomin
(Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
To: Lurkinanloomin
That is the problem. They want us to fund their lying dead tree fish wraps.
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posted on
07/10/2017 2:40:58 PM PDT
by
Grampa Dave
(President Trump is not a Republican suffering from post traumatic press syndrome...!!!)
To: TBP
Similarly, the New York Times also tried to downplay the role that Democratic politics played in Hodgkinsons decision to attack the GOP congressmen just days after the attack I'll bet they did.
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posted on
07/10/2017 3:43:38 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(Investigate the Awan brothers and Wasserman Schultz)
To: TBP
Can we knock that ultra progressive democrat crap off and call this guy an ultra liberal democrat. Progressive makes him sound enlightened or some other garbage term. He was a hopeful liberal killer who himself was killed before he had the chance to kill many.
ultra progressive? Nope. Nothing progressive about trying to murder people.
To: irish guard
Nothing progressive about trying to murder people. Oh, it's totally in line with "progressivism."
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posted on
07/10/2017 8:55:58 PM PDT
by
TBP
(0bama lies, Granny dies.)
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