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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sat May 19, 2018, 12:48 PM May 2018

NRA's Dana Loesch says 'media' is creating mass shooters

Source: The Hill

BY MAX GREENWOOD - 05/19/18 12:29 PM EDT

National Rifle Association spokeswoman Dana Loesch accused the media of "creating" mass shooters by extensively covering perpetrators' identities.

"The media has got to stop creating more of these monsters by oversaturation," Loesch said on NRATV]. "I'm not saying don't responsibly report on things as they happen."

"Look, I understand it. But constantly showing the image of the murderer, constantly saying their name is completely unnecessary."

Loesch's comments came a day after a gunman opened fire at Santa Fe High School, near Houston, Texas, killing at least 10 people and injuring another 10.



Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/388459-nras-dana-loesch-says-media-is-creating-mass-shooters




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NRA's Dana Loesch says 'media' is creating mass shooters (Original Post) DonViejo May 2018 OP
well the media is "creating" her by ever giving her a platform. NRaleighLiberal May 2018 #1
So, she's saying we should ignore the mass murder of children? flibbitygiblets May 2018 #2
It is the NRA fed media that has glorified firearms RainCaster May 2018 #3
Crime is a public issue bucolic_frolic May 2018 #4
Like Trump TV? muntrv May 2018 #5
She is the modern Elizabeth Bathroy bronxiteforever May 2018 #6
If the shooters weren't predominantly white RWNJs the NRA might not care so much. Gidney N Cloyd May 2018 #7
She Wants to Talk About Saturation? Leith May 2018 #8
Is that per 100 persons? jmowreader May 2018 #10
Oops - Brain Racing Faster Than Fingers Leith May 2018 #11
What the NRA wants to know is, GETPLANING May 2018 #14
Yeah, it's the media's fault. Totally. bearsfootball516 May 2018 #9
Just another MONSTER to be vaquished rickyhall May 2018 #12
Isaac Asimov's character Hari Seldon MurrayDelph May 2018 #13
The media has to stop creating more of these monsters SansACause May 2018 #15
the culture creats the monsters Stargazer99 May 2018 #17
I read where the shooter was bullied, shamed even by a coach Stargazer99 May 2018 #16
Yup. NRATV, Fox News, Breitbart... -nt Bradical79 May 2018 #18
Don't forget Alex "every mass shooting is a false flag!!!" Jones! Initech May 2018 #24
I can't help but observe that there are people on DU who also blame the media for everything that Nitram May 2018 #19
Pukes like her make me sad that there is no Devil nor Hell. 3Hotdogs May 2018 #20
Hey Loesh......................... turbinetree May 2018 #21
If Ever There Were a Reasonable Use for the "C" Word, Dana Would Be That Perfect Reason! DoctorJoJo May 2018 #22
He has a point actually Wabbajack_ May 2018 #23
Only sort of TimeSnowDemos May 2018 #28
Look not to NRA spokesmodels for widom or insight. Orsino May 2018 #25
And Crutchez_CuiBono May 2018 #26
Luckily TimeSnowDemos May 2018 #27

NRaleighLiberal

(60,009 posts)
1. well the media is "creating" her by ever giving her a platform.
Sat May 19, 2018, 12:50 PM
May 2018

Back to the swamp with all of them - lock them up!

flibbitygiblets

(7,220 posts)
2. So, she's saying we should ignore the mass murder of children?
Sat May 19, 2018, 12:53 PM
May 2018

that just happens to be enabled by the product she loves and promotes? Is that the solution, Dana, you disgusting POS?

bronxiteforever

(9,287 posts)
6. She is the modern Elizabeth Bathroy
Sat May 19, 2018, 01:07 PM
May 2018

the most famous vampire in history after Vlad the Impaler. But while Vlad wasn’t really a blood-sucking vampire—merely the inspiration for one—Elizabeth Bathory may have actually fed on and bathed in blood. She was a Romanian Countess in the 16th century who found joy in torturing peasants.

Leith

(7,808 posts)
8. She Wants to Talk About Saturation?
Sat May 19, 2018, 01:12 PM
May 2018

The US has by far more guns per capita than any other country in the world at more than one gun for every person. The second highest is Serbia at 58.21 guns per person.

Link to Wikipedia page where the numbers come from. Even if the numbers aren't the same as other sources, the conclusion certainly is.

The reason there are so many murders and mass shootings in the US is because of gun worshipers like Loesch.

Leith

(7,808 posts)
11. Oops - Brain Racing Faster Than Fingers
Sat May 19, 2018, 01:28 PM
May 2018

Yeah, it's per capita.

I won't change the original. I kinda like my mistakes. I once typed "Hoover Damn" and we all had a good laugh.

MurrayDelph

(5,292 posts)
13. Isaac Asimov's character Hari Seldon
Sat May 19, 2018, 01:40 PM
May 2018

said something about this back when Asimov was trying to tie all of his universes together.

His point was that these were anonymous loser nobodies who were trying to get infamy. Seldon's suggestion was that if they were given generic names and numbers that would deny them the attention they craved, it might cut down on the activity.

So, the question is: would Dimitrios Pagourtzis have still tried to go out in a blaze of glory if he knew he would only be known as "Joe Dipshit* number 4"?




*my name, based on Seldon's theory

Stargazer99

(2,576 posts)
16. I read where the shooter was bullied, shamed even by a coach
Sat May 19, 2018, 05:20 PM
May 2018

Maybe it is time for an intense to heal this nation from stupidity (no not all bullied resort to violence) but a healthier attitude toward others would go a long ways....but 0f course we can't have tha
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Nitram

(22,768 posts)
19. I can't help but observe that there are people on DU who also blame the media for everything that
Sat May 19, 2018, 06:46 PM
May 2018

goes wrong. LET'S TRY TO REMEMBER THAT WITHOUT THE MEDIA WE WOULD KNOW ZILCH, NOTHING, NADA.

turbinetree

(24,685 posts)
21. Hey Loesh.........................
Sat May 19, 2018, 08:16 PM
May 2018

when you went to grade school or even high school, did you wake up every fucking day and hope that some fucker wouldn't come in your school and pull the fire alarm and then start popping off rounds.........................have you ever fucking answered that fucking question......nope............because now children are getting up every fucking morning and just fucking wondering if it is going to be them. And you have some asshole Lt. Governor saying from Texas that there should only be one way into a school and one way out............................and that asshole did not and will not address the issue, he thinks that will solve the problem.....................he deliberately talks out of his right wing terrorist supporting NRA fucking mouth, just like you, saturation my ass, on average 19 students are shot in the United States and on average 3 are killed from a report from the Washington Post.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/06/20/19-children-are-shot-every-day-in-the-united-states/?utm_term=.0abec2130836


Your a has been .................................that community and others in this country live with these assholes that get a gun and start popping off rounds because your spineless network of Bull shit has no principles..................none.

Do you fucking realize how much it costs the taxpayers in this country from gun deaths and in health costs, this does not include the deaths that have happened since Mother Jones reported on this fact...................and then you have the audacity to say saturation............................

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/04/true-cost-of-gun-violence-in-america/

I remember from 57 years ago Loesh a student killing my principle and wounding my math teacher and a student, and that shock of seeing them laying on the ground still fucking effects me to this day............................there are not enough words to describe how I feel about your terrorists organization, and living with that senseless image from 57 years ago............it never goes away....................and that's what you fuckers miss in the entire jargon of your bull shit, that image of death of seeing it has a ten year old......................

SO come and tell me and thousands of others on how to get rid of that fucked up image of death ..................................you can't your a hypocrite..................


 

TimeSnowDemos

(476 posts)
28. Only sort of
Mon May 21, 2018, 12:18 PM
May 2018

I love in Europe. School shootings are covered extensively on all 24 News channels - except NHK. AND YET no school shootings.

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