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Mass Shooting At Newspaper In Paris

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Boom_70, Jan 7, 2015.

  1. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

  2. Mr. Sunshine

    Mr. Sunshine Well-Known Member

    This should show people once and for all the dangerous influence of the far right.
     
  3. MisterCreosote

    MisterCreosote Well-Known Member

    Yes, it should.

    Along with that of Islamic extremism.
     
  4. Mr. Sunshine

    Mr. Sunshine Well-Known Member

    Over/under on total posts for this thread over at sj.cult: 15
     
  5. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    It's silly if the see-no-evil style of reporting on this story continues, but it's not exactly unusual to see reporters use a laughable amount of restraint while news is breaking. We slam CNN for doing the opposite. I mean, come on. You'll see stories where someone is shot 15 times, drawn and quartered, and beheaded for good measure, and early stories will say that "police will not say whether they are considering the crime a homicide."

    That might be hyperbole, but it's not too far off. I understand there's some bloodthirst here to see radical Islam get its well-earned blame here, but let's wait more than an hour before we nominate these early reports for the Lib'ruhl Media Hall of Shame.
     
  6. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

  7. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    She still thinks Jackie was raped by Drew and eight other guys, right?
     
  8. Mr. Sunshine

    Mr. Sunshine Well-Known Member

  9. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    I don't think it's slavish devotion to political correctness. It's slavish devotion to a worldview.
     
  10. MisterCreosote

    MisterCreosote Well-Known Member

    Jesus H. Christ. There is no restraint.

    Reports already very clearly state that every witness left living recounted the gunmen shouting "Allahu Akbar" while storming the building.

    Video that has been released confirms that.

    The White House press secretary mentioned ISIS prominently in his statement, which was reported by the media.

    The furor over Charlie Hebdo's parodies of Islam has been well documented.

    The only place restraint appears is in the heads of tinfoil hat lunatics.
     
  11. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Of course the media know what the motive is, and is not restrained in reporting it in this case.

    Because it was an attack on the media.

    Fuck, the media got pissed when Obama went golfing after speaking about the beheading of James 'Jim" Foley.

    Nothing clarifies the thinking of the media like an attack on the media.

    Shoot up a cafeteria full of soldiers while shouting "Allahu Akbar" and the media isn't sure what the motive is. Try to blow up a bomb in Times Square and the media suggests mortgage payments may have been what drove the bomber.

    But, in this case, they've got it all figured out.
     
  12. Boom_70

    Boom_70 Well-Known Member

    Seeing the 2 cops dead make me wonder if it's tied to the Brown / Garner protests.
     
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