Is it just me or.....

[MrPeabody]

<Tin foil hat on>

Does it seem that there has been a huge inrush of incidents that involve guns?

Kris Kyle shooting.

Alabama hostage situation.

Atlanta school shooting.

Arizona shooting

Chicago shooting – This is allthe time.

Lone Star College shooting.

Alabama school bus shooting

AssistantDA killed in shooting outside North Texas courthouse.

These have just been in the past week. Is it that this stuff is happening anyway, but the drive by is just pointing it out? I try and use Fox News as my gauge,but it seems like even their content has increased…..

<Tin foil hat off>

 

[Joq867]

I think they are all just jumping on the bandwagon. Crimes with guns happen multiple times everyday, it is just the hot topic right now. We all have heard, if it bleeds, it leads.

 

[tmanbuddyy]

^^^^^^this

 

[CindyE]

They definitely are making the news more. I notice the local stations are making big headlines out of shootings that happen across the country, pretty sure they didn't do that before!

 

[HenryWallace]

With most media, you'll see what they want to push. Well, pretty much all media. It's subject to the hot topic as mentioned above.

 

[churchmouse]

All of the above plus we are all hyper sensitive to this right now.

 

[pudly]

Given the stats, there are thousands of people shot each year, whether due to crimes, suicide, self-defense, police actions, or accidents. Also, there are many times that number of cases where a gun is used to deter a crime without a shot being fired that aren't reported to the public. The media decides which incidents are reported and which aren't and I've come to the conclusion that these decisions are hardly unbiased.

 

[MrPeabody]

Everything listed is what I anticipated to hear, but the little conspiracy theorist in me wondered are some of these plants? Yea, I know…. This is where you guys go, “Is he a wack job???”

Seriously, When you read things throughout history as to how things were manipulated by different administrations doesn’t it make you think? Although in my case, maybe I am thinking too much.

 

[outnumbered]

Media driven and we are hyper sensitive to it right now. The best thing we can do is stay calm when others talk about the news reports and try to use them as a teaching moment as to how any new proposed laws would not have prevented the event and that if any current laws were broken to obtain the weapons in question, that we support the prosecution of those individuals.

 

[DRob]

Selective reporting

We have to bear in mind that the media is not in the business of truthful reporting. They are in the business of selling ink and air time. Combine this with the fact many of them have an agenda to follow and you'll have a clearer picture.

Pleae note, daily shootings in Chicago, DC, & NYC are not as likely to be in the news. Everybody who believes they are not happening, raise your hand.

 

[CitiusFortius]

With most media, you'll see what they want to push. Well, pretty much all media. It's subject to the hot topic as mentioned above.

As i myself am a member of the much vilified media, yes, whatever the hot topic is will be run with until the next big thing.

A year or so ago there were a ton of earthquakes. Minor earthquakes that did no damage were being reported back then.

Remember when sudden acceleration toyotas were everywhere? Then the oil rig blew up and then nobody cared about toyotas anymore.

 

[t-trader]

Hello. My name is Paul. I wear a tinfoil hat. I need help!

I believe in false flags and government conspiracies.

This is not a deception.

Seriously though...it is just a matter of the media supporting an agenda and the POTUS in general.

 

[actaeon277]

Media will talk about any shooting, from anywhere in the country.

What would happen if they did the same thing with car accidents?
Those just make local news.

Guns make national news.

Why? If you are killed by one device or the other, you are still dead.