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busterbrown

(8,515 posts)
Sat Mar 14, 2015, 01:32 PM Mar 2015

Hey MSM where’s all the Ferguson Coverage on the shooter search..

Now that the Police Chief stated that they are not even sure that the shooters were aiming at the Police, the story has seemed to have vanished...

Two Cop shooters on the run related to the Ferguson Police Killing... You would think that this story would have 24/7 coverage..

Perhaps might the non coverage might have something to do with the fact that the shootings might have had nothing to do with a lone wolf revenge story..Rather some sort action perpetrated by an extremist..

White Extremists shooting cops seem not to gather as much interest as Blacks killing cops incident.

Did you notice the almost complete lack of coverage of the funeral for Cops Murdered in Las Vegas?

Just thinking out loud..

http://news.yahoo.com/ferguson-gunman-who-shot-officers-remains-at-large-232234205.html



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Hey MSM where’s all the Ferguson Coverage on the shooter search.. (Original Post) busterbrown Mar 2015 OP
I'm as tough as anyone on this media, but, I do kinda understand why DHS blm Mar 2015 #1
Especially since the shooter might be.. busterbrown Mar 2015 #2
I was channel surfing at a hotel last night. CANDO Mar 2015 #7
Recent copshootings in LV, Florida and Texas, too. blm Mar 2015 #10
The revolution has begun ... and it might be racial underpants Mar 2015 #11
That's what prompted my thread the other day. Around the RW forums it's being blm Mar 2015 #13
Missed that thread underpants Mar 2015 #16
lol…..well, have fun with it blm Mar 2015 #17
I'm not sure what else you want... greytdemocrat Mar 2015 #3
CNN cwydro Mar 2015 #5
Yea, especially if the 11th time its covered.. busterbrown Mar 2015 #6
Yeah it's noticeable underpants Mar 2015 #4
Hard not to notice the 'ineptitude', especially coupled with blm Mar 2015 #8
2 cops shot in Ferguson underpants Mar 2015 #15
Right??? busterbrown Mar 2015 #9
Yeah, the cops keep changing the story Warpy Mar 2015 #12
Yea Black thuggery revenge stories.. busterbrown Mar 2015 #14

blm

(113,064 posts)
1. I'm as tough as anyone on this media, but, I do kinda understand why DHS
Sat Mar 14, 2015, 01:40 PM
Mar 2015

and LEO's don't want widespread coverage - these crazy RW extremists view this as 'revolution has begun' and widespread coverage could feed into their warped views and unleash more of them with their 'Second Amendment Remedy' delusions.

Personally, I think it should be given widespread coverage so these groups and individuals could be drawn out of their depths and their rhetoric compared to GOP candidates and lawmakers so their bullshit theories can be shot down. But, I do understand from a public safety point of view why officials would not want it more visible. Don't agree with it, but, do understand the POV.

busterbrown

(8,515 posts)
2. Especially since the shooter might be..
Sat Mar 14, 2015, 01:46 PM
Mar 2015

One of “these crazy RW extremists”.. Purely conjecture..

 

CANDO

(2,068 posts)
7. I was channel surfing at a hotel last night.
Sat Mar 14, 2015, 01:52 PM
Mar 2015

Without a channel guide, and I landed on Faux. Guess what they were breathlessly covering? The cop shooter search in Ferguson. Talking with a partisan cop official while showing footage of the mostly black demonstrators. The visual implication being that these people are threatening our freedom and order.

But isn't it funny? All the cop shootings I can think of are from the right wing crazies. The jackass Eric Frein killing a state trooper in PA last fall comes to mind.

blm

(113,064 posts)
10. Recent copshootings in LV, Florida and Texas, too.
Sat Mar 14, 2015, 01:56 PM
Mar 2015

Not to mention all the shootings where a cop didn't die and all the ATTEMPTS. Those are under the radar and under-reported, too.

underpants

(182,826 posts)
11. The revolution has begun ... and it might be racial
Sat Mar 14, 2015, 01:57 PM
Mar 2015

That does seem to be one of the underlying tones of the RW these days (oh and please do buy more guns) and when I hear it I think of someone YEARS ago who was preaching the same thing and then convinced people to actually trying to initiate it. That guys name was Charles Manson. Yes the RW has actually getting that close.

blm

(113,064 posts)
13. That's what prompted my thread the other day. Around the RW forums it's being
Sat Mar 14, 2015, 02:04 PM
Mar 2015

pushed to the forefront and gas is constantly being thrown on the flames.

It's been ugly. Sometimes it is hard for me to believe that some here can still be so unaware of what the RW and extremists are capable of thinking…and doing.

busterbrown

(8,515 posts)
6. Yea, especially if the 11th time its covered..
Sat Mar 14, 2015, 01:52 PM
Mar 2015

points out that it could be a R.W Extremists who is on the run..I’m confused about so many things about this story.. Cops Listed as Critical released hours later after entering the hospital.?

Just another example of poor MSM reporting? Or reporting the way they want to see it..?

underpants

(182,826 posts)
4. Yeah it's noticeable
Sat Mar 14, 2015, 01:49 PM
Mar 2015

After the Boston Marathon bombing it seemed like - How are they ever going to ID suspects in the midst of a huge moving group of people?- (having run a few marathons I can tell you that the finish line area is a jumble mess of crowd control) but they had two suspects within a day or so.

I understand that the police forces of the greater St. Luois area are clearly a mess but this smacks of complete ineptitude.

blm

(113,064 posts)
8. Hard not to notice the 'ineptitude', especially coupled with
Sat Mar 14, 2015, 01:54 PM
Mar 2015

the early media supposition that the shooter sympathized with protestors.

underpants

(182,826 posts)
15. 2 cops shot in Ferguson
Sat Mar 14, 2015, 02:25 PM
Mar 2015

That is all most of the masses needed to hear. They fill in the rest on their own prepped minds.

The cops have clearly said that the shots were not from the "protestors" (that word is another example of the tilted coverage) but any such reports are headlined with "2 cops shot in Ferguson".

busterbrown

(8,515 posts)
9. Right???
Sat Mar 14, 2015, 01:54 PM
Mar 2015

Ineptitude or this runner has a lot of help....from somewhere else..Conjecture of course...but..

Warpy

(111,270 posts)
12. Yeah, the cops keep changing the story
Sat Mar 14, 2015, 02:04 PM
Mar 2015

and you'd think CNN would be all over it but I guess a lot of people out there are wondering if some good ole boy was actually aiming at the protesters. Or perhaps some neighbor with a snootful went out to play with a new gun.

It will be interesting to see if they ever get somebody and it's likely to be buried when they do.

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