CBS & NBC Fail to ID Hasan as Muslim; ABC's Raddatz Relays: 'I Wish His Name was Smith'

Newsbusters ^ | 11/5/2009 | Brent Baker

[Armedanddangerous]

yes sir, what I heard was he was a civilian police officer and was the first cop on scene. I dont know if he was responding to a shots fired call or he was there for some other reason, but it seems clear he was the one who put some bullets into the terrorist.

God bless that officer and his family.

[smedley64]

Cryptically, ABC's senior foreign affairs correspondent, Martha Raddatz concluded a story on reaction at Fort Hood: “As for the suspect, Nadil Hasan, as one officer's wife told me, 'I wish his name was Smith.'”

Don't worry Martha, by the time you media commie/Islamofascist symps get done spinning it, his name WILL be Smith. It's what you do, so tell the "officer's wife" and yourself to stop fretting needlessly.

[7thson]

I will bet a dollar to a donut that before his administration comes to an end, he will slip up and say Allah vice God.

[magooey]

..one officer's wife told me, 'I wish his name was Smith.'”

For all we know, there is no such officer's wife, and the msm is still making stuff up.

[Shyla]

You speak so mild.

Correct term is A$$holes.

You stand corrected ; )

[BallyBill]

If that Raddatz isn't fired, I hope Shep Smith or that Other Smith on the MSM urinate on her face.

[Pan_Yan]

I will bet a dollar to a donut that before his administration comes to an end, he will slip up and say Allah vice God.

I seriously doubt it. It's not like he invokes a higher power on a regular basis. He's much more Marxist than Muslim. He may sympathize, but he isn't any more a devout Muslim than he was a devout Christian.

[rodguy911]

Thanks much.
I wish we had more info on whether or not there was more than one shooter. Seems hard to believe one guy shot over 40 people with two handguns....

[rodguy911]

Devout commie is more like it.

[Travis McGee]

Just another totally unexplainable case of Sudden Jihad Syndrome.

Someday, we may find a cure.

[Dick Bachert]

Yeah, “Smith” would allow these MORONS to continue to ignore what’s REALLY going on here and keep attending those Park Avenue wine and cheese tastings.

F**KING IDIOTS!! And they wonder why their ratings are going in the tank.

[El Cid]

For all we know, there is no such officer's wife, and the msm is still making stuff up.

I don't doubt it ... The shooter was an officer named Hasan ... I don't doubt there was another officer somewhere named Mohammed Hussein Fubar whose wife said that he wished the shooter's name was Smith...

[Travis McGee]

All of the shooting could have been done easily with one Glock 17 and a spare magazine for 35 rounds total.

Firing Army 9mm ball ammo, 35 rounds fired as fast as possible into a dense mass of troops. No aiming. The great penetration of the 9mm full metal jacket ammo means one bullet would be likely to go through at least 2 victims. Maybe a dense bone mass stops a round, but otherwise they’ll keep going, and wounding. Throw in some errant limps and you could easily get 12 dead and 20 wounded from 35 shots.

[Earthdweller]

It was a she...and she is not dead. Just reported on Hannity.

[grand wazoo]

“I will call Raddatz a liar. I dont believe any Officer’s wife said his name should be Smith. I believe Raddatz made that up from political correctness, no where else.”

Bingo.

It's something that she wished an Officer's wife would say. It is a reflection of her beliefs; and rather than openly stating it and exposing her prejudice, she attributes the statement to an unnamed individual.

If the shooter's name was Smith she could really run with this story. But, because his name is Hasan she will do her best to make it just go away. Not gonna happen.

[Earthdweller]

She is not dead...just reported.

[smedley64]

"I will bet a dollar to a donut that before his administration comes to an end, he will slip up and say Allah vice God."

He already did, for all intents and purposes. During the campaign he was being interviewed one on one by George Stephanopolis and he said something about "...my muslim faith..." and Georgy, the dutiful shill, said "you mean your Christian faith..." to which Obeymao said something like "uh, yeah, my Christian faith..." and as usual, no one called him on it except for conservative "wingnuts."

[SaraJohnson]

I wish his name had been Raddatz. Then he would have carried out his slaughter in a different workplace setting.

[monkeyshine]

2 handguns, 30 round magazines, crowded room. No victims armed. It is my understanding that military regularly do not carry sidearms on base unless part of their duty. Sad to say, but if he were in a shopping mall in Texas, he probably would have been shot down much faster.

[ColdWater]

Yeah the media doesn't want US to TO GET upset WITH those Muslims.

Fine tuning by me.