A Good Year for the Outlaw

In the last two days, I have witnessed countless times where the host, whether it be Faux, CNN, MSNBC, or the so-called “major” networks, have tried to create the story, tried to blame “the school”, or “campus police”, for the entire incident at Virginia Tech.

In nearly every response, the student, parent, or official says the same thing, “I’m not blaming the school, there is no way for anyone to be prepared totally for this” and “the police are not to blame, they did what they thought was right”, and “the only person I’m mad at is the killer.”

Yet the talking heads persist. Stone Phillips (worst. newsman. ever.) and his fake voice and fake concern and pre-determined attempts at emotion was positively the worst last night. He asked the same kid THREE times, including a “yeah, but aren’t you angry at the school for not letting you know about the first incident” and the kid kept saying the same thing…”no. They did what they thought was right, and who’s to say anyone else would have done it any differently?”

Why is the media…ALL television media, be they liberal or conservative…so determined to blame everyone and everything but the f’ing guns and the f’ing killer? Maybe the NRA is helping to produce and direct the news shows. I dunno. But it sure is getting embarrassing for a fellow member of the media to watch other journalists refuse to listen and continue to push an agenda at these people that don’t want to hear it.

I thought it was very telling when the President of the University stood up in the basketball arena yesterday (the guy who has been villified by the cables and networks) and got a lengthy, supportive and heartfelt standing ovation from students, parents, and everyone else in that arena. Did the media not see it? They should have, they were all airing it.