Establishment news coverage of the Colorado theater shooting

by Peter “Scoop” Stanton

On Friday I learned about the massacre in Aurora, CO where twelve people were killed and dozens more injured at the midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises. This immediately brought to mind the shooting in Arizona of US Representative Gabrielle Giffords, where six people were killed. It was at this incident where the so-called “conservative” Fox News Channel claimed that the shooter Jared Loughner was a member/subscriber/follower of Jared Taylor’s organization; American Renaissance. This report was 100% false, but there was no retraction or apology from Fox News.

At 4:01 pm EDT, I sent Political Cesspool host James Edwards a text message predicting that it wouldn’t be long until the shooter is once again falsely associated with the paleoconservative movement. When I returned home, I logged online and, of course, Drudge had articles galore. I decided to check out Twitter, because the people I follow on Twitter have a different prospective on the events of the day. At 6:53pm EDT, another text was sent to Mr. Edwards saying that my prediction had come true!

When a major event happens, the public as well as the news media want to know the facts; who, what, when, where, why, and how. ABC News had the accused shooter’s name: James Holmes.

Good Morning America brought on investigative reporter Brian Ross, along with his “research.” Ross’ groundbreaking research uncovered that there was a person named Jim Holmes in Aurora, CO who is a member of the Colorado Tea Party. Ross even admits on live television that it might not be the same person who is accused of shooting up that movie theater!

Here are the facts: a 24 year old white man from Aurora named James Holmes is accused of shooting up that movie theater. There is another man named James Holmes from Aurora, CO who is a member of the Colorado Tea Party, except this James Holmes is 52 years old! Plus, the elder Holmes used to work in law enforcement!

What happened is that some producer Googled the name “James Holmes” and “Aurora, CO” and came up with the patriot James Holmes. This is nothing but sloppy journalism and wishing that something was true so much that they allowed the story to write itself. (See: Zimmerman, George)

This example is why; 1) Americans don’t trust the mainstream media 2) Americans search internet sites like the Drudge Report and The Political Cesspool for their news 3) Newspaper circulation and network news ratings are still declining

Make no mistake; the media has an agenda and they hate us. They hate the fact that we can think for ourselves and will no longer tolerate their bias. That’s why as their ratings and circulation go down, their disdain for us goes up.

Peter “Scoop” Stanton is an on-air correspondent for The Political Cesspool Radio Program. His Twitter handle is: @thescoopstanton

More stories related to the Colorado theater shooting:

ABC News tries to link Colorado shooter to Tea Party
Meet the other James Holmes
Colorado theater called “Gun Free” zone
Colorado Shooting: 71 shot; 10 bodies remain in theater
Colorado shooting suspect appears dazed in court

Additionally:

TPC hosts James Edwards and Bill Rolen offered an interesting take on the horrific shootings in Colorado during last Saturday’s live broadcast.

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