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Active shooter at Columbia, MD, mall

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Dick Whitman, Jan 25, 2014.

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  1. Flying Headbutt

    Flying Headbutt Moderator Staff Member

    Sorry, but anyone who thinks we should just ignore some depressed schlub who apparently opens fire randomly inside a shopping mall populated with thousands of moms, dads, and children is fucking insane and also a shitty journalist.

    While national networks have haphazardly and irresponsibly fucked this coverage seven ways to Sunday at times, the fact is this is something bigger than just two people in their 20s dead, along with a mopey teenager depressed about the world. There are a LOT of people fucked up by this right now. Shoppers escorted out past dead bodies. People who hurt themselves to avoid shotgun bullets coming their way. Witnesses who saw it all go down.

    This happened near a food court in one of the bigger malls in the area, again, not far from where a lot of families and the like were just going about their day. It's a mall I've been inside plenty of times, and a mall family members of mine love to go into.

    So much rampant, uninformed, and irresponsible speculation and declarations are being made by "journalists" who think they have a fucking clue. But just declaring we should ignore it, pretend it didn't happen, because we think we know the motivation of all of this?

    You guys suck (or sucked) as journalists if you think so.
     
    Flying Headbutt, Jan 26, 2014
    #49
  2. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    You can cover it in a responsible manner.

    There is a place between ignoring it, and not going wall-to-wall with it.
     
    YankeeFan, Jan 26, 2014
    #50
  3. TigerVols

    TigerVols Well-Known Member

    What Headbutt said.
     
    TigerVols, Jan 26, 2014
    #51
  4. tapintoamerica

    tapintoamerica Well-Known Member

    It's another great day for the NRA.
     
    tapintoamerica, Jan 26, 2014
    #52
  5. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    The way some murders are covered is just as irresponsible as the way Nancy Grace covers white, blonde, women who go missing.
     
    YankeeFan, Jan 26, 2014
    #53
  6. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Kid used a shot gun.

    What proposed law would have prevented his purchase of this gun?
     
    YankeeFan, Jan 26, 2014
    #54
  7. Jake_Taylor

    Jake_Taylor Well-Known Member

    I don't think anybody is suggesting that DC and Baltimore outlets shouldn't cover the hell out of it because locals need to know what's going on or that national media shouldn't examine it as part of a bigger picture. But CNN going all in with never-ending live coverage on a shooting like this or a car chase or whatever is nothing more than a ratings grab that serves no real purpose. To be fair, I don't know if CNN or the other cable channels did that in this case.
     
    Jake_Taylor, Jan 26, 2014
    #55
  8. Uncle Frosty

    Uncle Frosty Member

    Yep.

    Maybe if we quit talking about unemployment, hunger and homelessness, those problems would fix themselves, too.
     
    Uncle Frosty, Jan 26, 2014
    #56
  9. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Let me know the next time MSNBC or CNN devoted quality time to either issue.
     
    YankeeFan, Jan 26, 2014
    #57
  10. RickStain

    RickStain Well-Known Member

    Yep. All those scientists and experts are wrong and your gut reactions are right.
     
    RickStain, Jan 26, 2014
    #58
  11. Uncle Frosty

    Uncle Frosty Member

    Next.

    http://www.msnbc.com/all/how-help-the-homeless

    http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-917812
     
    Uncle Frosty, Jan 26, 2014
    #59
  12. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    LOL. How much air time did those stories get?
     
    YankeeFan, Jan 26, 2014
    #60
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