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Jared Loughner’s friend says suspect ‘Did not watch TV … disliked the news’
MediaBistro.com ^ | 12 Jan 2011 | Chris Ariens

Posted on 01/12/2011 10:59:28 AM PST by seanmerc

This morning on “Good Morning America,” ABC’s Ashleigh Banfield sat down with Zach Osler, a high school friend of Jared Loughner, the suspect in the Tucson massacre.

Osler says his friend wasn’t shooting at people, “he was shooting at the world.” Regarding the high-pitched talk radio and cable news political rhetoric, Osler says his friend didn’t even watch the news.

He did not watch TV. He disliked the news. He didn’t listen to political radio. He didn’t take sides. He wasn’t on the left. He wasn’t on the right.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: again; dupnik; giffords; jaredloughner; liberalmedia; loughner; sheriffdupnik
So much for blaming this tragedy on Sarah Palin, Rush, Mark Levin, Michael Savage, etc.
1 posted on 01/12/2011 10:59:31 AM PST by seanmerc
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To: seanmerc

Based on his views, I wouldn’t have been surprised if he was a big fan of MSNBC, especially their nightly line-up.


2 posted on 01/12/2011 11:03:57 AM PST by paul in cape
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“So much for blaming this tragedy on Sarah Palin, Rush, Mark Levin, Michael Savage, etc.”

The closest one could get is some left wing anarchist and even that’s a stretch. He’s nuts. Hinkley type nuts.


3 posted on 01/12/2011 11:05:35 AM PST by Kent C
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This goes against the MSM template...so it will go nowhere. No less than our Secretary of State was saying that Laughner acted out politically so who the hell cares his best friend says he was “apolitical”?
Nothing here... move on!


4 posted on 01/12/2011 11:05:35 AM PST by lexington minuteman 1775
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To: lexington minuteman 1775

Whats this Zietglist momement. Bizarre!


5 posted on 01/12/2011 11:08:27 AM PST by GoCards (Why me? Why not me?)
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He didn’t take sides. He wasn’t on the left. He wasn’t on the right.

so it's No Labels fault (snark)

6 posted on 01/12/2011 11:09:53 AM PST by BookmanTheJanitor
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Like Sherrif Joe A. said, “Put that in your pipe and smoke it” I love this guy, such a 180 from that other fruit loop


7 posted on 01/12/2011 11:19:18 AM PST by SaintDismas
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To: GoCards

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2655716/posts


8 posted on 01/12/2011 11:24:07 AM PST by GoCards (Why me? Why not me?)
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To: paul in cape
If he watched anything, it was this...


9 posted on 01/12/2011 11:28:30 AM PST by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard (Some men just want to watch the world burn.)
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Hhmm. So it appears that not listening to talk radio and being well-informed could lead people to go crazy... ;-)
10 posted on 01/12/2011 11:40:33 AM PST by Qbert
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I bet if one were to ask Jared Loughner who Sarah Palin was he would answer, “Who?”

Loughner was too much into his dream world to pay any attention to anyone like Sarah Palin.


11 posted on 01/12/2011 12:02:21 PM PST by jonrick46 (We're being water boarded with the sewage of Fabian Socialism.)
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So far what’s been reported is that media wise the greatest outside influences on him were Hollywood films.

Films of the lucid dreams and dream manipulation genre were what he watched.


12 posted on 01/12/2011 1:08:15 PM PST by NoLibZone (Five time DNC backed candidate Fred Phelps: "God sent the shooter".)
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BTTT

THIS is important, as it speaks to the truth of this incident.

Therefore it will be ignored


13 posted on 01/12/2011 4:16:09 PM PST by muffaletaman
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