Denver Post media critic: Blaming the media in Giffords' shooting dodges trickier issues

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http://www.denverpost.com/television/ci_17061322

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It is worth noting, between the lines, the reflexive scapegoating of the media. But the media doesn't invent inflammatory rhetoric; political partisans do.

It is also worth noting that the blanket condemnations of the media leave out one important part: The rhetoric is more incendiary on one side. While MSNBC and Fox News both do lots of spinning and name-calling, the difference is more than rhetorical.

MSNBC's Olbermann and Rachel Maddow mercilessly zing the Republicans and generalize about "the Party of No." But Fox News headliners Bill O'Reilly and Glenn Beck are more prone to violent imagery. They are on the record, as many have noted, blithely calling for shooting government officials or beheading a journalist. Sarah Palin's crosshairs can't be overlooked.
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[emulatorloo]

1. Good way to put it.