April 16 - Pet Peeve Monday - Virginia Tech Tragedy
This week’s PET PEEVE MONDAY was delayed due to the continuing and developing story surrounding the horrific events at Virginia Tech on Monday.
The easy PEEVE would be to reiterate my opposition the Second Amendment. I previously blogged about this on July 17, 2006.
The easy PEEVE would be to reiterate my opposition the Second Amendment. I previously blogged about this on July 17, 2006.
The NRA arguments would be that “well if everyone was armed, then they would have stopped him.” My argument is based on the obsolesce of the need for everyone to bear arms. It’s real simple. Think of the weapons available in 1788 and those that were available in 2007. The Second Amendment must be updated.
Monday was a tragedy, make no mistake about it.
It frightens me that we no longer have any safe place to go. You never know if it may be your last meal, errand, day on the job or day at school. There have been mass murders at the following locations:
McDonald’s -San Diego (1984)
Luby’s Cafeteria – Texas (1991)
The Good Guys – Sacramento (1991)
Grade Schools (Amish- 2006)
High Schools (Columbine –1999)
Colleges – Virginia Tech (2007)
There isn’t enough space to list all of the workplace shootings by disgruntled employees.
I lived less than 5 miles from the Sacramento incident when it occurred.
I would move to Montana to escape the risks, but the ATF would probably find a reason to attack.
My PEEVE is again THE MEDIA. On Monday, the first thing they had to do was to come up with a snappy graphic and title for the incident:
THE VIRGINA TECH MASSACRE
THE VIRGIANIA TECH KILLINGS
MASSACRE AT BLACKSBURG
CAMPUS KILLINGS
CNN was championing the fact that their posted student video taken during the attach had attracted 20,000, no 30,000, no 200,000 hits.
MSNBC thought it was necessary to run a constant scorecard at the bottom of the screen of the body counts of other mass murders. It then called it "Breaking News” when the VT tragedy passed the Ruby Cafeteria in total deaths.
Every network was interviewing eyewitnesses. FOX News asked each witness, “Did you see anyone get shot? Do you know anyone that got shot?”
To their credit, no witness would stoop to that level and bypass the necessary rules of notification of the next of kin. Shame on the “news” organizations for asking these type of questions. IS THERE NO DECENCY?
There is a huge vacuum in the media for a trustworthy, respected, conscientious outlet.
The media failed us with the overblown Anna Nicole coverage.
The media failed us with the Duke lacrosse case with a rush to judgment.
The media failed us last week with the Don Imus coverage. It’s too bad Imus picked a slow news week to utter his comments. If he had done so this past Monday, he would still be employed.
Finally on Wednesday, NBC was the recipient of the killer’s notes, pictures, and videos. How long will it be before NBC runs the tag line?
NBC,
CNN was championing the fact that their posted student video taken during the attach had attracted 20,000, no 30,000, no 200,000 hits.
MSNBC thought it was necessary to run a constant scorecard at the bottom of the screen of the body counts of other mass murders. It then called it "Breaking News” when the VT tragedy passed the Ruby Cafeteria in total deaths.
Every network was interviewing eyewitnesses. FOX News asked each witness, “Did you see anyone get shot? Do you know anyone that got shot?”
To their credit, no witness would stoop to that level and bypass the necessary rules of notification of the next of kin. Shame on the “news” organizations for asking these type of questions. IS THERE NO DECENCY?
There is a huge vacuum in the media for a trustworthy, respected, conscientious outlet.
The media failed us with the overblown Anna Nicole coverage.
The media failed us with the Duke lacrosse case with a rush to judgment.
The media failed us last week with the Don Imus coverage. It’s too bad Imus picked a slow news week to utter his comments. If he had done so this past Monday, he would still be employed.
Finally on Wednesday, NBC was the recipient of the killer’s notes, pictures, and videos. How long will it be before NBC runs the tag line?
NBC,
the Official Network of Homicidal Maniacs, (pause) Everywhere.
Labels: Pet Peeve
posted by J. Jay @ 8:04 PM
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2 Comments:
His suicide video reminded me of teh 9/11 suicide videos
OK Jay, let's ban guns, knives, baseball bats and every other weapon some idiot could use to harm innocent people and guess what, they will still find a way to kill. How about a blog on the negligence of the Virginia Tech and mental heath officials who should have taken action long before this guy purchased a gun? What possible defense do we really have against a psychopath?
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