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To: Lacey

I just ran across this story...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2120082/Male-student-shot-dead-Mississippi-university-campus.html
Three men fled the building in a blue Crown Victoria car.

No arrests have been made and the campus remained on high alert.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/student-shot-death-mississippi-state-campus-15996685

Three male suspects fled the building in a blue Crown Victoria. No arrests have been made.
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It took searching a few articles before I found this

http://www.northmobilepost.com/tag/john-sanderson-killed/
Three suspects remain at large in the shooting. The suspects have been described as three black males who fled the residence hall after the shooting in a blue Ford Crown Victoria.

Why is reporting done this way so often? Can we not have the truth reported in the interest of safety?


4 posted on 03/25/2012 2:59:17 PM PDT by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheel barrow)
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To: Irenic
Why is reporting done this way so often? Can we not have the truth reported in the interest of safety?

I've been trying to figure that out for years. As someone upthread said, it's the elephant in the room.

9 posted on 03/25/2012 3:12:55 PM PDT by Lacey
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To: Irenic
Can we not have the truth reported in the interest of safety?
Report the truth? You've got to be kidding!
Truth takes the back seat when demagoguery is needed.

@1 : a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power

13 posted on 03/26/2012 8:24:01 AM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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