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Washington Post article linking Scalise shooter to conservative radio host sparks online outrage
FOXNews ^ | July 9

Posted on 07/09/2017 10:50:41 AM PDT by Strac6

The Washington Post struck out with many on social media over an article that appears to blame a right-wing Illinois shock jock for the Virginia shooting rampage by a Trump-hating, Bernie Sanders volunteer who targeted Republicans during a baseball practice.

“What’s the point of this?" Buzz Feed political reporter Katherine Miller asked on Twitter. “The shooter hated Trump and there’s no indication in the story he listened to this pro-Trump host.”

Washington Examiner political correspondent and Fox News contributor Byron York tweeted, “Revision of the year: WP suggests, without evidence, Alexandria shooter was inspired by right-wing bigoted radio talker.”

“Devoted Bernie supporter shoots up baseball field of Republicans. Washington Post blames pro Trump talk radio in his hometown for it,” Heat Street contributor Stephen Miller said in a tweet.

The Post article, written by Peter Holley, pointed out Hodgkinson "shot four people at a congressional baseball practice" in Virginia -- but never got around to identifying the victims.

Devoted Bernie supporter shoots up baseball field of Republicans. Washington Post blames pro Trump talk radio in his hometown for it pic.twitter.com/59HEvgBXZY — Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) July 8, 2017

I'm honestly not sure I've ever seen one article (and tweet) that so neatly encapsulates why Americans by and large loathe the MSM. https://t.co/x5tuYjWhdY — Josh Hammer (@josh_hammer) July 8, 2017

Critics of the piece took to social media after it ran Saturday.

Even when a leftist is to blame, the media will blame the right. https://t.co/5k8c6bqH2b — Ashe Schow (@AsheSchow) July 8, 2017

“I'm honestly not sure I've ever seen one article (and tweet) that so neatly encapsulates why Americans by and large loathe the MSM,” self-described conservative Josh Hammer tweeted.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: fakenews; hodgkinson; scalise; wp
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Some "incorrect news" stories can be attributed to the far-left liberal writer's lack of knowledge or "desire" to have something be true that is really false.

This is neither. Holley obviously knew the shooter was a strong Bernie Sanders supporter, as does every American with an IQ more then their shoe size. Holley chose to purposely lie about it to deceive people, WaPo editors knew it, and they still published it.

If you search You Tube for videos of Antifa anarchistic riots, you will see Conservative Americans beginning to respond in force.

Not calling for violence of course, but what does WaPo expect.

1 posted on 07/09/2017 10:50:41 AM PDT by Strac6
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To: Strac6
I usually refer to this yellow rag as the washington pest or washington compost; however, from now on it is the washington LIES.
2 posted on 07/09/2017 10:55:28 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation camp?)
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To: hal ogen

“Washington LIES”

Yes, but everyone within 10 miles of the Washington Monument lies, so how do we know you are referring to the WaPo?

:)


3 posted on 07/09/2017 10:57:33 AM PDT by Strac6 ("We sleep safe in our beds only because rough men stand ready to visit violence on the enemy.")
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To: Strac6

compost bump for later....


4 posted on 07/09/2017 11:01:03 AM PDT by indthkr
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To: Strac6

We constitution conservatives are putting the fear into the left. We’ve been called all kinds of names, dissed any way they can, lied about, misrepresented, hated, disowned, and maligned... but we won!! we have a President who is not afraid of who they are and what they are... God Bless President Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, and their family. God gave us a reprieve if we can keep it!

The founding fathers gave us a country “if we can keep it”!


5 posted on 07/09/2017 11:01:37 AM PDT by frnewsjunkie
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To: Strac6
This is just another in a non-stop series of perfect examples of how the Left thinks -- how they view (and with increasing frequency refuse to accept) reality.

I have come to the obvious conclusion that people on the Left really, truly, honestly and with all their hearts and minds believe that if you really, really, really want something to be true despite clear evidence to the contrary; that if you just say and write your distortion of reality often enough, with enough conviction and -- most importantly -- say it loudly enough it will become true! It will become the "new" (and for the Left, the "better") reality.

Just watch, listen and witness this curious phenomenon for yourself -- it explains why the emotionally-driven people on the Left act the way they do ... and why reason and rational thought is more often than not lost on them.

6 posted on 07/09/2017 11:02:02 AM PDT by glennaro
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To: Strac6

Shades of communist Lee Harvey Oswald and the right wingers in Dallas who had absolutely nothing to do with him. But to this day the media talks about Dallas 1963 as a city of conservative hate.


7 posted on 07/09/2017 11:05:49 AM PDT by Williams (Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
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To: glennaro

You are totally correct.

As an example, look at the left’s, and to some extent, the MOR’s view of Hillary in the face of all the evidence that she and her husband are simply crooks.

Forget the politics for a moment. It wasn’t “pay for play.” They simply allowed themselves to be bribed to sell the Russians our uranium mine.


8 posted on 07/09/2017 11:06:34 AM PDT by Strac6 ("We sleep safe in our beds only because rough men stand ready to visit violence on the enemy.")
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To: Strac6

The compost needs the CNN treatment


9 posted on 07/09/2017 11:17:07 AM PDT by barmag25
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To: Strac6

Not clear to me who and what talk show host are they talking about ?
While I don’t submit here besides never linking to it or most postings I’ll refer to that publication as WAPOO when I do post a comment.


10 posted on 07/09/2017 11:19:08 AM PDT by mosesdapoet (Mosesdapoet aka L.J.Keslin)
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To: Strac6

The Leftist Press is the enemy of America in general and Conservatives in particular.


11 posted on 07/09/2017 11:22:21 AM PDT by teletech
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12 posted on 07/09/2017 11:22:36 AM PDT by StAnDeliver (Prosecute the win. Run up the score.)
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To: Williams

bttt


13 posted on 07/09/2017 11:23:13 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Strac6

Hodgkinson was a psychotic commie, but I repeat myself.


14 posted on 07/09/2017 11:24:22 AM PDT by Ray76 (DRAIN THE SWAMP)
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To: Strac6

I don’t see the criticized article as an aberration from the typical reporting by WaPo.


15 posted on 07/09/2017 11:26:56 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: Strac6

Peter Holley holds a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University.


16 posted on 07/09/2017 11:34:09 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
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To: Strac6

It looks like Belleville does indeed have a crime problem:

http://www.areavibes.com/belleville-il/crime/

https://www.google.com/search?q=belleville+il+crime+rate&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS741US741&oq=belleville+il+crime+rate&aqs=chrome..69i57.7282j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8


17 posted on 07/09/2017 11:34:17 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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Q: Last I knew the offices of the IL and VT senators that the dead per was in contact with have refused to hand over communications they had with said perp, or comms were handed over to Cap Police and Feebies had yet to see them. Anyone know what the situation with those office communications is?


18 posted on 07/09/2017 11:34:39 AM PDT by mewzilla (Was ObamaThanks surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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OK, the Compost have printed a FAKE story about the shooter's connection to a right-wing talk host, but have they ever reported the REAL story of the shooter's communications with IL Sen Dick "Turbin" Durbin - the communications that Durbin acknowledges but refuses to release?

I didn't think so.

19 posted on 07/09/2017 11:45:35 AM PDT by Henchster (Free Republic - the BEST site on the web!)
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To: Strac6
search You Tube for videos of Antifa anarchistic riots

We can toss their bizzaro-world word antifa back at them by writing it as antiFA (anti-First Amendment) including our definition every time until it sticks. The term Fake News was coined to hurt conservatives, but quickly flipped back to describe the dishonest media. It seems ridiculous to me to allow the left their false meaning of the word antifa which implies that Trump supporters are fascists.

20 posted on 07/09/2017 11:45:36 AM PDT by Freee-dame (Best election ever.)
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