I don’t care if you’re Left/Right, anyone would use an event to make their voice louder. But get this straight, Punditry and Politicians have brought the vitriol mainstream for the fringe constituent to move to next level – PB/TK
Shooting rampage on GOP baseball team quickly gets politicized by the news media – By Jennifer Harper / June 14 2017
Wall-to-wall news coverage quickly followed the shooting attack on Republican lawmakers at a congressional baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia, on Wednesday. Early reports were fragmented; eyewitness accounts at a premium. Coverage expanded to cover the human-interest angle that included praise for the U.S. Capitol Police and first responders on duty that morning, plus noble calls for unity on Capitol Hill.
But it wasn’t long before politics entered the media conversation.
“The battle over gun control will likely become energized after today’s shooting, the specifics no doubt tailored to the incident itself,” the Los Angeles Times said in an editorial that appeared just a few hours after the event.
“Did the gunman procure his weapon or weapons legally? If not, how did he get them? Was he mentally ill? Should he have been eligible for a permit? There’s a usual list of questions that arise in such shootings. That we have such a familiar de facto system for processing such violence should be a ringing signal that we have, as a nation, tolerated routine gun violence for far too long.”
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