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In the initial NYT story about the murder of Tom Clements, head of the Colorado prison system, the all important lede makes reference to gun control legislation that just passed in CO. And the last 6 paragraphs of the story likewise are devoted to the gun control legislation.
I haven't seen this kind of lunacy since the lefty media blamed Sarah Palin for the shooting of AZ rep Gabriellle Giffords. What is it about guns that seems to turn lefty brains to mush???
The AP, bless 'em, got it right this time. The AP story, even before news about the ex-inmate, focused not on gun control but on attacks against prosecutors, corrections officials, etc. "Revenge is usually the motive," was a quote in the story. That's what I would have guessed. Colo. Corrections Dept. Chief Shot, Killed at Home - ABC News
Also coming out looking like an idiot is the CD poster who suggested that this was a plot by the NRA. When will the loons ever learn?
Leftists jumping to a conclusion that a crime was somehow caused by conservative politics? What else is new? I saw this blamed on his white supremacy ties as well - until it was pointed out the victim was also white. And they immediately blamed the Gifford shooting on right wing extremists as well - until they found the left wing manifesto the guy left.
Just go look at the thread about the baby that was killed in GA. There are a couple of people in that thread trying to turn it into a gun control issue. Teenage thugs who aren't old enough to legally own guns execute a baby with a shot to the head, and loons start on the very first page crying gun control. No concern for the baby or the family, just jumping on a baby's murder to try to further their agenda.
All the while completely ignoring the fact that the idiot thugs broke the current gun laws already (not to mention that law about not murdering people).
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The NYT article also says that he "oversaw more than 20,000 inmates in Colorado’s prisons and parole system, might have made him a target." In fact this appears to be the case.
The left dies this all the time. Anytime, something horrible occurs, they immediately look on how they can tie it to anti-liberals and capitalize politically off if it. There is example after example of this.
If course, they feel no shame from it. They are very twisted, sick people.
The NYT article also says that he "oversaw more than 20,000 inmates in Colorado’s prisons and parole system, might have made him a target." In fact this appears to be the case.
Yes, they said that in paragraph 5, a one-sentence paragraph. But that was one paragraph, while I count 9 paragraphs that focus on the gun control legislation, including the all-important lede, and the last paragraph.
Contrast that to the AP story. The AP story brings up the possible inmate-revenge angle in the lede, and spends several paragraphs mid-story on it. The AP story mentions the gun control legislation only in the briefest of passing.
You can try, but you can't defend the NYT here. They blew it, whether from lunacy or deliberate attempt at manipulation, only they know for sure. My money is on lunacy. Considering how the Palin-Giffords narrative blew up in their faces, one would think they would have learned a lesson. The AP apparently did--if I'm not mistaken it was an AP story that initially linked Palin to the Giffords shooting, only a couple hours after the shooting happened.
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