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local media on Mexican gun problems
Story here. An all too typical piece, written in a few hours. There are gun shows, interview and quote some antigunners, make claims without proof (i.e., that four firearms are the weapons of choice), confuse full and semiauto, and publish.
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Read it this morning, since it was on the front page. I'm already working on my letter to the editor, and the author...
Posted by: Eric R. Shelton at June 28, 2009 11:17 AM
From the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ)
http://www.spj.org/ethicscode.asp, the first tenet says:
"Test the accuracy of information from all sources and exercise care to avoid inadvertent error. Deliberate distortion is never permissible."
Clearly a FAIL.
Posted by: Jim D. at June 28, 2009 12:06 PM
From reading the comments on that website would appear the author of the piece has created a whole new fan club for himself.
http://regulus2.azstarnet.com/comments/index.php?id=298845
Posted by: Jim K at June 29, 2009 08:59 AM
It's almost like the media has a template for writing anti-gun articles.
Posted by: mike w. at June 29, 2009 01:29 PM
And the Fourth Estate wonders why we've stopped buying their newspapers...
Posted by: jdberger at June 29, 2009 01:35 PM