Journalist's Guide To Gun Violence Coverage

E Mail ^ | 2001 Edition | Dr. Michael S. Brown

[Copernicus]

Thought you guys would enjoy this. It applies to more than just 2nd Amendment coverage. Best regards,

[Copernicus]

I think this is how you post messages?

[Khepera]

Oh my God!!!

[Lurker]

You did it correctly, and this is very funny.

Thanks,

L

[AAABEST]

Heh. I wanted to laugh reading this piece, but it's too true to be funny.

Good post.

[cayuga]

Good post. I can see this is satire, but I bet a lot of the media doesn't. Most journalists must be using a guide like this one, because that's how they write.

[Dan from Michigan]

I wanted to laugh at this, but I couldn't. It's too 'true' on the way the media jerks portray us.

[Standing Wolf]

This is off topic, for which I apologize in advance. Can anyone bring me up to date on Smith & Wesson's deal with the Snopes Clinton régime? Has it been cancelled? If so, by the government or Smith & Wesson?

[freedomcrusader]

The Bush admin. has basically not lifted a finger to implement it (thank goodness!), so for all intents and purposes, it's dead.

[calypgin]

I think this is how you post messages?

You got the posting down, for sure!

This must be some internet-type "urban legend"? I mean, everything outlined is exactly true as to what the anti-gun-nuts say, but surely they haven't been so stupid as to outline their tactics like this? Is there an original source?

Thanks for the *ping*!

[Copernicus]

Thanks, I wasn't sure if the ping or bump or burp was part of the reply. Landrau thought this should be on the main board also. Have you guys seen the Dan Rather article floating around? A must read. Best regards,

[copycat]

Shouldn't the title of this essay be "How to Lie and Deceive the Public about Guns"?

[wysiwyg]

This must be some internet-type "urban legend"? I mean, everything outlined is exactly true as to what the anti-gun-nuts say, but surely they haven't been so stupid as to outline their tactics like this? Is there an original source?

Read the second to last line in the "article."

[Copernicus]

Here ya go! Here it is as promised.

[George Smiley]

The Bush admin. has basically not lifted a finger to implement it (thank goodness!), so for all intents and purposes, it's dead.

Just like any other legal document, it isn't dead until all parties repudiate it IN WRITING (and the Feds release S&W from it).

[Landru]

"Here ya go! Here it is as promised."

Excellent.

But now it's imperative this "Prof" be authenticated.
I haven't a *clue* how one might do this...would a "Google" search be sufficient?
Perhaps a website of the "university" might list his name on their faculty?

At this point, credibility is everything.

You've done more toward helping people understand the totality of what's happened since the Sink Emporer assumed power & with respect to our damnedable Lamestream media than any other single effort I can possibly think of.

There was, is, & remains a real boni fide "blueprint" to the quisling's efforts at making OUR nation THEIR Socialist paradise; & these "Journalists" [read: LEFTIST ACTIVISTS] have begun by attacking the means by-which we citizens c/would resist their Utopian scheme.

By attacking our 2nd Amendent RIGHTS!!

[Landru]

Read it & spread the word to all your *friends*.

The *blueprint* mask has been ripped-away. Finally.

[Fixit]

This is political satire. The author frequently writes on gun issues from a decidedly pro-self-defense perspective.

For more info, check out this link:

http://www.gac.20m.com/journalguide.htm

[Landru]

Thanks for the link; this was precisely what was called for in an effort to verify this article's validity.

Even so...it's frighteningly accurate in describing the modus operandi we've all witnessed bits & pieces of over the past decade; and as Copernicus had siad, in many areas other than second amend issues has this tack been used often & a lot.

In any event...
I've taken the liberty of posting the last part of this work, as it appears at the site you directed me to & in the author's own words explaining his motivation for writing this.
I'd like to urge all interested parties to visit this site via the link provided above, & see what this man's up to for themselves.
Thanks again for your part in shedding some light here.

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:Author's note:

I've been aware of the gun control debate for many years and have spent the last several months intensely observing the media coverage and reviewing the available literature on gun control research. As you can tell from the tone of 'The Journalist's Guide to Gun Violence Coverage,' I am angry and bitter at the way our media institutions are betraying us.

Obviously there are some good journalists out there who are able to write unbiased news stories. I am amazed and very pleased when I see one of these gems in print. In fact, I think that maybe the gun rights activists are starting to get through to some journalists, at least in some media markets. At the local newspaper level, I am seeing somewhat more balanced coverage of gun related stories. Unfortunately, the national television networks and the local TV stations are still pretty bad and that is where most people get their news these days.

I have taken every opportunity to gently ask various journalists how they formed their opinion on gun control or how other journalists in their newsroom dealt with the issue. I have found few journalists who will discuss this issue openly. Some simply maintain a strict silence. Others become defensive and hurl anti-gun insults at even the most polite inquiries. Here are a few comments that I've collected. I'll update this list as more comments slowly come in."

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[joanie-f]

Thanks for the ping, -d-.

This would be one of the most hilarious pieces of satirical writing that I have read in recent memory were it not for the fact that (taking tongue out of cheek) these are precisely the tactics that the anti-Second Amendment (so-called) 'journalists' are using in their vendetta against law-abiding American gun owners and manufacturers (just ask Bob Stewart of Maadi Griffin).

There are many very funny excerpts in this article (I love the 'More than two guns should be called an arsenal.') Apparently, I (and many of my friends) own several 'arsenals,' unawares. :)

Yet, here is where I stopped laughing:

The nation will be a better place when only the police and military have guns. Always remember that you are doing it for the children so the end justifies the means. Eventually, the government will have a monopoly on power.

And here is where the would-be tyrants' and their media cohorts' laughing will end:

Don't be afraid to interview these people, they are harmless even though we must cast them as sociopaths.

Those of us who revere the original intent of the Constitution, and the Second Amendment in particular, are anything but 'harmless' to those whose aim is to pervert the Constitution to suit their own agenda-driven purposes. And they need to know that there are many more everyday Americans out here in the heartland who are scholars in their own right on Second Amendment issues. We will not allow ourselves to be disarmed .... As fellow-FReeper, tommygun7, once said, 'When they come to take your guns, take theirs.' (the most powerful and eloquent statements are sometimes the simplest ones). Viewing legitimate gun owners as harmless, ignorant, simplistic, rednecks would be roughly equivalent to calling the Minutemen a bunch of uninformed, flash-in-the-pan rabble-rousers.

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