NRA Host Warns Parents Of Slain Journalists To Not "Become So Emotional" In Response To Shooting [View all]
(cross-posted from GD)
NRA Host Warns Parents Of Slain Virginia Journalists To Not "Become So Emotional" In Response To Shooting
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On August 30, the NRA's Noir posted a video response to the shocking August 26 murder of Parker and Ward, which happened while they were filming a live news report. The two journalists worked for Roanoke, Virginia ABC affiliate station WDBJ and were killed by a disgruntled former co-worker.
Noir is the face of an NRA effort to influence a younger demographic
NOIR: And to the parents of Alison Parker and Adam Ward, I have no right to tell any parent how to grieve for the loss of their child. Grief-inspired advocacy can be extremely effective and powerful and I say run full speed to find a way to end violence like this. However, sometimes in a fight we can become so emotional everyone and thing starts looking like the enemy, even if they're there to help us. I'm deeply sorry for your loss.
Noir wasn't as diplomatic throughout the rest of the video, saying at one point, "Turning this murder into a gun control dog-and-pony show minutes after the shooting because you can't make sense of what just happened is ridiculous."
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2015/08/31/nra-host-warns-parents-of-slain-virginia-journa/205266
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