ABC News…your bias is showing
Shocking, I know.
Newsbusters story is here, and the transcript is here.
The money quote, I think (the bolded portions are the ones that were dropped from the interview):
PALIN: We have got to make sure that these weapons of mass destruction, that nuclear weapons are not given to those hands of Ahmadinejad, not that he would use them, but that he would allow terrorists to be able to use them. So we have got to put the pressure on Iran and we have got to count on our allies to help us, diplomatic pressure.
GIBSON: But, Governor, we’ve threatened greater sanctions against Iran for a long time. It hasn’t done any good. It hasn’t stemmed their nuclear program.
PALIN: We need to pursue those and we need to implement those. We cannot back off. We cannot just concede that, oh, gee, maybe they’re going to have nuclear weapons, what can we do about it. No way, not Americans. We do not have to stand for that.
Finally! Someone who is going to say, and I quote, “No way, not Americans. We do not have to stand for that.”
On the plus side, I was approached by a woman at the gas station who told me “I love your (McCain/Palin) bumper sticker,” and went on a 5 minute tirade about how wrong the way she was being treated in the media.
Unpossible
A post of mine on gun violence, statistics and PSH over at Dod’s place.
Bad journalist…bad!
Via Sebastian and Robb we learn the tale of a journalist and a policeman who decided to play with their guns.
If your child came across a gun, what do you think they would do with it? Tell an adult? Pick it up? Pull the trigger?
We wanted to try something. With a Northside ISD police officer’s help, we put a group of children in a room with a real, unloaded gun to see what they would do when they thought no one was watching.
See rule number one, fools. “All guns are ALWAYS loaded.”
The money quote is this gem:
We want to emphasize: News 4 and a police officer took every precaution to make sure these children were never in danger.
Um…every precaution except not putting them where they could get unattended access to a firearm.
This kind of experiment is the worst kind of sensational crap there is. It’s designed to provoke an emotional reaction. It’s dangerous as hell. And proves nothing. You left a gun in a toy box. What are the kids supposed to think? That some jackass of a reporter is trying to trick them? Or that they have found a toy?
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