Media issues

[bigshane]

On TV the police chief just said he used an AR-15 "Assault Rifle" arrgh. Assault Rifle has a very specific definition and an AR ain't it!! Is it too much to ask that senior law enforcement people know what they are talking about?

[T-Giv]

Also quit TV a few years back. Nothing good comes from it!

[68Charger]

F you Heidi. The whole "the people want to know" argument for broadcasters anymore is BS. No one can know what that guy is feeling, but we also don't need to here some poor guy who is clearly in shock being asked dumb ass questions by you.

That's because it's not really "the people want to know", it's all "the execs want the ratings".

As long as news stations are ratings-based and have sponsors with agendas (or cave to boycotts), there is no "free press" anymore.

closest thing is forums and bloggers- but they usually have an agenda, too- just more integrity.
and no, I don't think state-sponsored media is the answer, I don't have the answer. I just know broken when I see it.
Some of them seem to think they're doing the right thing by having a comments feature (especially social media comment sections outsourced to Facebook or the like)
but all of them seem rife with trolls pushing agenda from so far to one side or the other that it's sickening.

[BushMasterBoy]

I bet the media do not reference this shooting in Ludlow, Colorado.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludlow_Massacre


Or the Sand Creek Massacre.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludlow_Massacre



I consider televison to be for entertainment purposes only as it is ratings driven and its primary source of income is from large for profit corporations.

[josh7328]

That's because it's not really "the people want to know", it's all "the execs want the ratings".

As long as news stations are ratings-based and have sponsors with agendas (or cave to boycotts), there is no "free press" anymore.

closest thing is forums and bloggers- but they usually have an agenda, too- just more integrity.
and no, I don't think state-sponsored media is the answer, I don't have the answer. I just know broken when I see it.
Some of them seem to think they're doing the right thing by having a comments feature (especially social media comment sections outsourced to Facebook or the like)
but all of them seem rife with trolls pushing agenda from so far to one side or the other that it's sickening.

I HATE news article comment sections. The sheer stupidity and illiteracy of the people commenting is rediculous! It must be that intelligent people have better things to do with their time than get into retard fights with uneducated strangers.

[Mtn.man]

Media peeps actually have orgasms over this type shit. they live for it.

[Rucker61]

Media peeps actually have orgasms over this type shit. they live for it.

And throw out 5000 ridiculous theories simmultaneously, hoping one is close to the truth so they can point at it with pride on being "first" and "right". I refuse to watch TV news.

[waxthis]

"Definitions

A genuine assault weapon, as opposed to a legal definition, is a hand-held, selective fire weapon, which means it's capable of firing in either an automatic or a semiautomatic mode depending on the position of a selector switch. These kinds of weapons are heavily regulated by the National Firearms Act of 1934 and are further regulated in some states. (See machine guns.)

However, current "assault weapon" legislation defines certain semi-automatic weapons as "assault weapons." A semi-automatic weapon is one that fires a round with each pull of the trigger, versus an automatic weapon which continues to shoot until the trigger is released or the ammunition supply is exhausted. These kinds of "assault weapons" are sometimes referred to as military-style semi-automatic weapons.


An example of assault weapon legislation is the Federal 1994 Crime Bill. The bill in part outlaws new civilian manufacture of certain semi-automatic assault weapons. It also prohibits new civilian manufacture of "large capacity ammunition feeding devices" declared certain weapons as assault weapons, and states a semi-automatic rifle is an assault weapon if it can accept a detachable magazine and has two or more of the following:

• A folding or telescoping stock
• A pistol grip
• A bayonet mount
• A flash suppressor, or threads to attach one
• A grenade launcher.
• Or whatever the hell they can come up with

[The Heretic]

And so it begins.....decided to stop at Firing Line on my way home to talk to my fellow shooters and wouldn't you know it, tv cameras and interviews in progress. The vultures leave no stone unturned!

[crashdown]

So what kind of permits, background checks, or licensing does the media claim would have prevented this specific tragedy?