Almost Getting it Right
This is a lot better than I would have expected from “fact checkers” only a few years ago. It’s mostly right. Journalists often mistake the “AR-15” semi-automatic rifle, sometimes referred to as an...
View ArticleNow This is the Kind of Article I Expect from the Media
Granted, I had to go to inverse.com, and who has ever heard of that? We’re probably the only people who will actually read this crap. Although restrictions do exist on buying, selling, and owning fully...
View ArticleVictims at the Four Seasons
Today’s Philadelphia Inquirer has an attention-grabbing headline: “For Bucks couple in Vegas, a horrifying view of the carnage.” With a headline like that, you click on it thinking that maybe they were...
View ArticleThe Media Darling
I can’t count how many article I’ve seen about Caleb Keeter (if you’re saying “Caleb who?,” join the club) in the media. I passed on most of them, since I’ve never heard of the guy, and I frankly don’t...
View ArticleArticle on AR-15s Not Completely Awful for CNN
There is a lot of sensationalist nonsense in this article on AR-15s, like “As gun sales kept climbing, so did the body count,” and a lot of crap about the AR-15 being designed for spray fire, but for...
View ArticleDelco Op-Ed Encouraging Education on Guns
Congratulations on gun owners who managed to get published supporting gun rights in their local outlets in these tough times! Gotta love this line from a guest column in the Delaware County Daily Times...
View ArticleAnyone Watch the New “Lost in Space?”
I try not to binge watch these days. The problem is, you end up watching a whole season in a weekend, and by the time the next season comes around, you forget everything and have to watch the whole...
View ArticleGolden State Killer DNA Use – Getting Past the Media Hype to Potential Legal...
First, let’s establish that I am not an attorney. I talk to lots of attorneys and even attend law seminars from time-to-time, but I have never studied law in any meaningful way. My post on this matter...
View ArticleGiving Him What He Wants
There’s an article running in USA Today that is offering the mass killer exactly what he wants. I was reluctant to link to it, but people should see. “Who is [murdering loser]? Accused Pittsburgh...
View ArticleSocial Media Makes Moral Panics Easier to Foment
If you want to understand some of my dissatisfaction about early 21st century life, I direct you to the Moral Panic. Social media has made it trivially easy to whip up moral panic. Hell some baby...
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