Tapper Confronts Illinois Gov on Why He Ignores Chicago Shootings
On CNN’s State of the Union, host Jake Tapper confronted Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker on a common theme that even casual observers of leftist politicians and media have noticed. That is they always focus on tragic one time incidents like mass shootings, yet ignore the daily shootings in Chicago which cause more deaths on a weekly basis than mass shootings.
Brooks Doesn't Know Why Australian-Style Gun Control is Controversial
New York Times columnist David Brooks is, in theory, supposed to be the conservative counterweight to Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart when the two join PBS NewsHour host Judy Woodruff every Friday to recap the week’s news, but in reality Brooks mostly ends up repeating liberal talking points. A case in point was Friday’s episode where he wondered…
ABC, NBC Chalk Up Shinzo Abe Assassination to ‘Gun Violence’
With CBS Mornings trashing former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as “a polarizing figure” and “nationalist” with “controversial” views just hours after being assassinated, ABC’s Good Morning America and NBC’s Today were more conciliatory on Friday, remembering him as a “giant” and “popular leader.” However, they sought to tie his killing to mass shootings in the…
CBS Slams ‘Polarizing’ Abe as ‘Nationalist’ With ‘Controversial’ Views
Much of the world awoke Friday to news that former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had been assassinated by a deranged suspect with a homemade shotgun. Instead of eulogizing Abe and expressing condolences to the Japanese people, CBS Mornings decided it would join the Associated Press and National Public Radio (NPR) in smearing Abe as “a polarizing figure,” “right-wing nationalist,…
7 Dead in Suburb, 10 in Chicago -- MSNBC Ignores the Everyday Violence
The Washington Post noticed the attention gap between seven shot dead in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, while ten were shot dead in Chicago over the weekend. But Nicolle Wallace's MSNBC show only focused on the suburbs, apparently because people move there "because it's safe."
EYE ROLL: MSNBC Blames Other States for Gun Crime in Anti-Gun Illinois
Even though Highland Park, Illinois, mass shooter purchased his guns in-state, MSNBC's The 11th Hour made it sound on Tuesday night like he might have gotten them from another state where it's easier to buy guns with MSNBC anchor and weekend pundit Ali Velshi complaining about guns being brought in from other states.
MSNBC Slimes Fox's Coverage of Shootings, Ignores Red Flag Failures
On Wednesday night's episode of MSNBC's All In, host Chris Hayes and leftist journalist Aaron Rupar admonished Fox News for not covering the shooting in Highland Park, Illinois in the manner they demand. To Hayes and Rupar, if you don't cover mass shootings from the leftist gun control perspective, you aren't covering the story properly. Any solution other than gun control is…
CNN Proposes Orwellian Monitoring of Gun Owners to Fight Shootings
In the wake of the mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois over the Fourth of July weekend, on Tuesday, CNN Newsroom co-host Alisyn Camerota proposed Orwellian laws designed to monitor and profile gun owners and bar them from exercising their Second Amendment rights. Yet surprisingly, she got some push back from a left-leaning former police commissioner and got schooled on how gun…
CNN’s Coates Stokes Fears of Going Out in Public Because of Guns
‘Land of the Free and Home of the Brave?’ According to CNN fill-in host Laura Coates on Tuesday’s Don Lemon Tonight, it’s not so. “Because even on the day that we celebrated our nation’s independence… that was still not free from the terror of a mass shooting,” she proclaimed as she tried to whip the audience into a hysteria.
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ABC: Who Better Than Attempted Reagan Assassin to Tout Gun Control?
Who better to talk gun control with than the attempted assassin of Ronald Reagan? That’s apparently the thinking of ABC’s Nightline. The ABC program and CBS have devoted a whopping 13 minutes and 41 seconds to interviewing John Hinckley Jr., the man who shot the President in 1981 and also wounded three others.
BRAZEN! NY Demands Social Media Info from Gun Permit Applicants
New York is trying to shoot down two constitutional rights at once. A new law in New York requires gun permit applicants to provide three years’ worth of social media information before obtaining a concealed carry gun permit.
CBS, NBC Sit by as Lefty Mayor Decries Focus on Gunman's Warning Signs
In the aftermath of Monday’s Fourth of July shooting in Highland Park, Illinois that left six dead and dozens hurt, CBS Mornings and NBC’s Today partnered Tuesday with Mayor Nancy Rotering (D) as the latter called for the discussion of the suspect’s disturbing social media history (and thus the missed warning signs) “to be diminished” and instead focus on banning “weapons of war.”
Journos and Celebs Spend Entire Month Attacking the 2nd Amendment
As Americans get ready to celebrate their freedoms on Independence Day we at NewsBusters wanted to remind our readers how liberal journalists and celebrities devoted an entire month to attacking their Second Amendment freedoms. The following are the most outrageous attacks on the Second Amendment from the liberal elites in newsrooms and Hollywood from the last month.
