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Offline Glock32

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"Dead Man Walker"
« on: March 17, 2011, 10:02:17 PM »
Some more of that new civility:

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Remember all that fuss two months ago about violent rhetoric and imagery following the tragic Tucson shootings that almost killed Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.)?

Apparently the folks at Time magazine have forgotten, for on Saturday, they actually published an article with the following headline:
Wisconsin's Governor Wins But Is He Still Dead Man Walker?

The first paragraph wasn't any more delicate:

The state capitol of Wisconsin had taken on an eerie quiet on Friday. Gone were the throngs of protesters who occupied its marble floors like a campground in summer. The midnight honking of cars circling the white building had ceased. The chalk "dead man" outlines etched with Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's name on the sidewalks remained in dismembered parts, incompletely washed away by clean-up hoses.

You hadn't heard about these chalk outlines?

Well, that's not surprising. As NewsBusters reported Sunday, most media outlets don't think death threats or violent imagery are a bad thing when Republicans are the target.

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2011/03/13/time-magazine-headline-wisconsins-governor-wins-he-still-dead-man-wal

Here is the actual article: http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2058601,00.html
"The Fourth Estate is less honorable than the First Profession."

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Re: "Dead Man Walker"
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2011, 07:21:35 AM »
The absolute rot in 21st Century journalism is actually starting to atract the notice of some leftists.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lee-stranahan/shame-ignoring-death-thre_b_835805.html

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Ignoring the story of these threats is deeply, fundamentally wrong. It's bad, biased journalism that will lead to no possible good outcome and progressives should be leading the charge against it.

For poops and giggles then click on the Rush "story" then read comments from Hufftards who think Rush was mocking Japanese by going after Diane Sawyer's recycling reporting.  Yes, 17 pages of comments about how Rush doesn't matter anyway.  ::laughonfloor::


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Re: "Dead Man Walker"
« Reply #2 on: March 18, 2011, 07:59:29 AM »
Yeah, thanks for your concern Stranahan.

BTW -

http://itsaboutliberty.com/index.php/topic,597.0.html
We are now where The Founders were when they faced despotism.