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Sat Jan-08-11 04:38 PM
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Who remembers the day James Brady died? |
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The day President Reagan was shot. He was Reagan's assistant and the media announced that he was dead, except he wasn't. Still alive 30 years later. :shrug:
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Sat Jan-08-11 04:40 PM
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And I think his wife was an advocate for gun control.
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Sat Jan-08-11 04:40 PM
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2. And Reagan wasn't hit either as I recall. |
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Sat Jan-08-11 04:41 PM
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5. Reagan went to surgery and asked the surgeon if he was |
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a Republican. He took a bullet, but his injury wasn't nearly as bad as Brady's, which was much more debilitating.
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Sat Jan-08-11 04:40 PM
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I remember, so what's your point?
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Sat Jan-08-11 04:42 PM
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8. I think the OP is expressing a sentiment about media misinformation |
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For a solid hour our major news networks reported that Congresswoman Giffords had died.
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Sat Jan-08-11 04:41 PM
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4. Yep, very sad that he was and is brain damaged. |
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And then there was a Secret Service agent, Tim somebody, I remember who took a bullet in the gut -- you could see him in the tape twirling in a circle from the bullet's momentum.
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Sat Jan-08-11 04:45 PM
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9. The Secret Service agent survived- |
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it went all the way through his belly but missed his spine and they were able to put him back together.
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Sat Jan-08-11 04:42 PM
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6. I remember Frank Reynolds going apeshit on the air |
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"Is he dead, or isn't he?!" All the conflicting reports. Frank went a little overboard, and ABC brought someone else to cover the assassination attempt.
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Sat Jan-08-11 04:57 PM
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11. One of the great moments of live television... |
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"Let's get it nailed down...somebody...let's find out! Let's get it straight so we can report this thing accurately!"
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Sat Jan-08-11 04:42 PM
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7. brady wasn't killed. he was crippled... |
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Sat Jan-08-11 04:46 PM
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10. My point is that the media made a mistake then like they did today. |
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They had him dead for a few hours and then they had to come back and say he was alive and in surgery.
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