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In reply to the discussion: DU should win a journalism award! Again the images of the shooter were posted hours before [View all]VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)38. Uh it wasn't wrong Lanza WAS using his brother's ID...
and this didn't come from the "Twitterverse" this came straight off the television. The poster did the same thing I did and looked him up. There is no law against that...or even speculating in an internet forum. Everything posted in one is to be taken with a grain of salt...even the courts know that.
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Lint Head
Sep 2013
OP
Yup. I jumped the gun, I was just so eager to provide as much info as I could because I know
LiberalLoner
Sep 2013
#7
why? I don't understand that....You were doing investigative journalism. You never said you were
VanillaRhapsody
Sep 2013
#6
this is just a site on the Internet...its purpose is to discuss the news...
VanillaRhapsody
Sep 2013
#9
It's pretty reckless behavior when you attach a name and a face to an accusation...
Tommy_Carcetti
Sep 2013
#10
Legally speaking, "publication" need not be in a newspaper, book or magazine.
Tommy_Carcetti
Sep 2013
#13
This is a forum....you won't be using what you post here on your resume....
VanillaRhapsody
Sep 2013
#14
If what you suggest were true...we wouldn't be able to discuss this in our own homes without being
VanillaRhapsody
Sep 2013
#16
You used the word "speculation" THAT is what makes it different than what you are describing...
VanillaRhapsody
Sep 2013
#21
Post 6. You claim the poster who posted the picture was "doing investigative journalism."
Tommy_Carcetti
Sep 2013
#36
Oh, thank you, not worried at all, especially now my husband is home safe and sound.
LiberalLoner
Sep 2013
#34
And that poster just loves to argue, so ignore might be your friend at some point if you tire of it.
LiberalLoner
Sep 2013
#39
standards for Major News outlets should be higher than online forums , remember what happened during
JI7
Sep 2013
#3
At least a Pulitzer for investigative journalism concerning 3-Dimensional Chess politics
NoOneMan
Sep 2013
#26
Some people just cannot understand the concept of 3-dimensional chess...
VanillaRhapsody
Sep 2013
#27
Its a fictional justification to explain overtly non-conducive behavior to ones political ideology
NoOneMan
Sep 2013
#31
Huh? You think everything is straight forward in politics? hahahahahahahahahahaha
VanillaRhapsody
Sep 2013
#37
So sad when folks lose their minds politically....just very very sad indeed.
VanillaRhapsody
Sep 2013
#51
DU should get an award for taking information from twitter or somewhere else and posting it here?
DesMoinesDem
Sep 2013
#35
Yes it was wrong. It was reported here and in the media that Ryan was the shooter.
DesMoinesDem
Sep 2013
#41
WE are just chatting in an Internet forum. This is not the same thing....we are discussing the news.
VanillaRhapsody
Sep 2013
#44
Your arguments aren't even addressing my points at all. Why don't you go argue with the
DesMoinesDem
Sep 2013
#48
It wasn't "wrong" it was a mistake....because the shooter intentionally misidentified himself
VanillaRhapsody
Sep 2013
#53
Sure thing buddy. Shouldn't you be somewhere defending the NSA and arguing for war?
DesMoinesDem
Sep 2013
#58
Shouldn't you be looking for a book of matches for your next Hair on Fire ODS breakdown?
VanillaRhapsody
Sep 2013
#60
Google searches and browsing Facebook pages no more make one an "investigative journalist"....
Tommy_Carcetti
Sep 2013
#59