When it was first broadcast, Sheppard Smith was on Fox with his self-indulgent PC persona and I could not stomach it. I flipped over to CNN and they were just about as bad. Since I live just south of Dallas and an hour & half north of Fort Hood, I watched local coverage.
In any breaking news event this day and time, the anchors and reporters are trying to be the star instead of reporting any facts or offering any intelligent information. They are ignorant of any weapons and love to harp on anything semiautomatic so they all just keep on repeating the wrong information or misinformation over and over again like a broken record.
Even this morning on "Fox & Friends," the coverage is still half-assed.
However, we now know who will be the first recipient of Obama’s power to pardon.
What makes me angry is the inability to ask intelligent questions of people who should know. I used to work in the media (don’t flame me)— at a time when intelligence (at least in moderate measure) was something to be prized. I get so frustrated and scream at the TV —especially at Fox — when breaking news happens and nobody asks relevant questions. It’s one thing if you don’t know, but it’s another if you don’t know enough to ask.
If 0bama pardons this muslim terrorist; some patriot will take care of the muslim terrorist!