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Posted on 07/20/2012 10:24:18 AM PDT by God luvs America
Edited on 07/20/2012 10:28:14 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
ABC News and Brian Ross are apologizing for an "incorrect" report that James Holmes, the suspect in the Colorado theater shooting, may have had connections to the Tea Party.
"An earlier ABC News broadcast report suggested that a Jim Holmes of a Colorado Tea Party organization might be the suspect, but that report was incorrect," ABC News said in a statement. "ABC News and Brian Ross apologize for the mistake, and for disseminating that information before it was properly vetted."
In a similar statement released minutes earlier, ABC News said the report was "incorrect" but, rather than apologize, wrote: "Several other local residents with similar names were also contacted via social media by members of the public who mistook them for the suspect." The statement appeared at first to be an attempt byt the network to abdicate responsibility for the report.
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I think I heard he was a 4 year student
Must have graduated early
Now lets see if he was an Obama voter , OWS something isn't right here.
I assume it will come out soon
World class news agencies check their facts. Liberal hacks do such as this......
He was in riot gear and a bulletproof vest though it wouldn’t have been easy and in the dark with everyone running.
Give you 100 to 1 that the info came straight from the Obama camp.
Probably. And if ABC retracts, it knows the damage has been done anyway. And if ABC was correct, it can smugly inform us that it is on top of the news.
Someone should resign over this.
ABC reluctantly apologizes for teaparty comment they purposely intended on reporting.
Yeah, they don't even bother to verify anything anymore. I remember when the Lewinsky story broke, and Drudge ran with the story that Newsweek spiked. Newsweek said the reason they didn't publish the story was because they needed two reliable sources to verify it before they'd report it. I guess that only applies when it's a sleaze-ball Democrap who is the perp.
The police were of NO HELP in this situation, and the gunman surrendered after he did what he wanted.
The ONLY thing that could have stopped this would have been armed citizens.
Put that in your pipe, Herr Bloomberg.
FAKE BUT ACCURATE - Just ask Dan..
No do overs ABC. You falsely accuse a person of being the shooter on national broadcast TV with a few million viewers, expect to pay a financial penalty.
Hopefully idiot Brian Ross will be sued too and he can learn a lesson.
They wish......(and the rifle he had was a fully automatic assault rifle purchased at a gun show....)
A fourth year med student at 24? thats a fast track
Beck:
Google Brian Ross and sex related charges, 10 year old girls, nude photos. They’re not sure if it is chief investigative reporter at ABC, no verification. But it was important to break in with this news
Beck is on a roll with this now says Brian Ross needs to release his 12 years of taxes as we don’t know how may laws Brian Ross has broken,LOL LOL LOL. Now a story that Brian Ross has murdered someone per Google. LOL
I agree....Purpose....Sounds like mom might know his mindset...maybe even crazy emails. I’m sure the Obama camp will interrogate her first.
Getting really tired of this!!!
Enough is enough!
Brian Ross is on the Hilton Head SC Sex Offender Registry. I’ll get back to you later with more info.
Shove it, Ross.
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