Posted on 08/30/2009 4:58:22 PM PDT by JohnRLott
Many media outlets have misfired about guns. Countless newspapers and television networks -- from CBS to MSNBC -- have misreported that conservative protesters are threatening President Obama with guns at public events. It hasn't happened.
In Portsmouth, N.H., a man carrying a gun, William Kostric, joined an Aug. 11 health care protest. This was blocks away and hours before Mr. Obama's town-hall meeting in that city. Mr. Kostric was given permission to be on church property where the protest occurred and was not at the place the president visited. What most of the coverage left out was that Mr. Kostric didn't carry his gun only for the protest; he legally carries a gun with him all the time for protection.
While the media regularly used terms such as "hotheads" to mischaracterize the situation, the coverage ignored that union members who opposed the protest had attacked Mr. Kostric and a friend, kicking, pushing and spitting on them. Despite violence against him by Mr. Obama's supporters, Mr. Kostric did not draw his gun or threaten anyone. . . . [Some facts also about the Arizona case that haven't gotten any attention.]
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
They’re running wild with lots of stories.
Someone tried to tell me she was choked by a town hall protestor in front of dozens of witnesses. I asked to see the police report. Crickets.
0bama apparently does not feel safe with an armed populance.
What, PMSNBC mischaracterizing conservatives?
I can’t believe it!
BTTT
MSNBC told me it was nothing but a bunch of angry, racist, nazi, white guys carrying guns at these events...
MSNBC implied that it was a white guy carrying that AR outside an Arizona Obamalovefest that time...But the video MSNBC showed, didn’t identify that guy too much...
I’m confused...I do not know whom to believe anymore...
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...have misreported that conservative protesters are threatening President Obama with guns at public events. It hasn't happened. In Portsmouth, N.H., a man carrying a gun, William Kostric, joined an Aug. 11 health care protest. This was blocks away and hours before Mr. Obama's town-hall meeting in that city. Mr. Kostric was given permission to be on church property where the protest occurred and was not at the place the president visited. What most of the coverage left out was that Mr. Kostric didn't carry his gun only for the protest; he legally carries a gun with him all the time for protection... the coverage ignored that union members who opposed the protest had attacked Mr. Kostric and a friend, kicking, pushing and spitting on them. Despite violence against him by Mr. Obama's supporters, Mr. Kostric did not draw his gun or threaten anyone...
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