Tactical Firearms claims they were misrepresented on Piers Morgan Tonight

newsfixnow.com ^ | 5 February, 2013 | NA

[marktwain]

KATY, TX – The gun control debate may be a bit out of control in Katy.

CNN’s Piers Morgan chose Tactical Firearms, a Katy gun shop and shooting range as the backdrop for Monday’s episode of “Piers Morgan Tonight”. Included in the Monday’s debate were Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, State Senator Dan Patrick and Ted Nugent.

Tactical Firearms owner, Jeremy Alcede claims Morgan told him he wanted to use the time at the gun shop as a learning exercise.

Alcede said, “He said, well, I’d like to learn more about guns. People criticize me, saying, how can I be against guns if I don’t know anything about guns?”

Sounds good so far.

“I said man, this is going to be really good, he really is wanting to find out.”

Alcede says he was told the segment he was in would be live, but that wasn’t the case.

“The points that I did make were just garbled to the point that people were asking why was I speaking in broken sentences, and I said, look back at the video and you’ll see, in one instance I’m wearing glasses, one I’m not. One hearing protection, one not. They just chopped it up so bad it wasn’t even funny.”

Was it a cheap shot?

“They completely misrepresented what I wanted to get across, completely.”

We reached out to CNN for a response, but have not yet heard back from them.

All this as President Obama is pushing his gun control agenda. We’re guessing he won’t be welcome in Katy.

[mrsmel]

Exactly my first thought. When will the right, or anyone opposing anything the left is pushing, learn that they will NOT get a fair break from the left, and should shun them at all times? Unless they just grab the microphone when they know for sure they’re live, and ignore the libtard host or anchor?

[InABunkerUnderSF]

I wish we could get over promoting Piers Morgan. The guy was headed for cancellation before he started landing guests like Ted Nugent and Newt Gingrich.

Morgan is all about self promotion. Stop enabling him.

[norwaypinesavage]

"Alcede says he was told the segment he was in would be live, but that wasn’t the case. “The points that I did make were just garbled to the point that people were asking why was I speaking in broken sentences, and I said, look back at the video and you’ll see, in one instance I’m wearing glasses, one I’m not. One hearing protection, one not. They just chopped it up so bad it wasn’t even funny.”Sorry, Alcede, but if you wanted a "fair and balanced" report, what were you doing on CNN?

[Jack Hammer]

Another sucker who trusted the media; you’d think everyone would know better by now.

[EricT.]

More people read this thread than actually saw it on Piers Morgan’s show.

[ExTxMarine]

“They completely misrepresented what I wanted to get across, completely.”

CNN and Long-walk/Short-Piers Morgan LIED and misconstrued someones message? Does someone have the baby from the stock trade commercials showing his "shocked" face?

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[Ditter]

Of course the gun people came out looking bad........ what did they expect the libtard media would do to them! They should have declined the visit.

[Travis McGee]

Just made this this morning on Paint. Took a half hour.

I'm not sure about Piers Morgan, but I'd guess secret Stalinist.

[knife6375]

"When contacted, the shop should have said no and also informed them that if they showed up a criminal trespass order would be filed. How could one be so stupid as to let that bunch on the property?"

We have a winner. When dealing with any media "Just Say NO", they are well practiced at making people look foolish in just 30 seconds. Remember they own the camera, they own the film, and they own the editing equipment. Enough said.

[OneWingedShark]

The only way he should have agreed to this was with a couple of conditions. One, he gets to see the final edited cut 48 hours prior to airtime. Two, he gets access to all unedited raw video and audio. Three, he gets equal time to add his own rebuttal at the end using any footage or new footage. You know cnn, or any msm group with an agenda, would never go for it... Because they would either have to be fair and honest, our come off looking like the agenda driven manipulative jerks they are.

And/or four: get the agreement to air, unedited, in writing. (Then you have a much better legal case if they do try something.)

[Paine in the Neck]

Never, NEVER interact with the press without filming the whole thing yourself.