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Great. So we go from "police confident they have sniper in custody" as reported earlier today, to "men in custody not sniper but related" as reported later on, to "two illegals in the wrong place at the wrong time." In other words, "we have no idea what we are doing, resume ducking and hiding."

Actually, the police didn't say that they were confident that they had the sniper in custody, at least if you're referring to the FNC coverage this morning. That was what the news reader said, and it appeared to be a conclusion drawn by him. I saw that when he said that. He referred to something that they (at FNC)were monitoring that led him to that conclusion.

The police are getting a bum rap. The media's mistakes are being attributed to the police. Just today I heard some talking head on FNC (I think it was Colmes talking to David Asman) basically saying that because the police said that the sniper doesn't work on weekends, the sniper shot the man at Ponderosa Saturday night. Well, it wasn't the police who went on and on about that. It was Fox News. I can't count the number of times last week one of them would say that the shooter responded to the speculation that he wouldn't go after school children by shooting the 13-year-old boy, and then in the same breath go on to say that the sniper only shoots people on weekends.

The police are keeping details from the press, so the press is filling up the airwaves with endless speculation.

"The police are getting a bum rap."

They don't deserve criticism for not catching a virtually uncatchable criminal.

They DO deserve criticism for not living up to generations of phony pretense that they are the protectors of society, and can be counted on to catch such criminals. Their sin is not living up to their hype.

Actually I agree with you, although that may not have been completely clear. Check out post 30 - we basically said the same thing, specifically about the media saying things like "he isn't targeting kids", then he does, for example. I think they are irresponsible, jump to conclusions, fly by the seat of their pants, expound on nothing and presume everything. I hope the police know a TON more than they are letting on, and that they don't tell anyone ANYTHING. And if I never again have to look at Daryn Kagin's on location breathless anticipation of nothing new to report, I will be deliriously content forever.