Media Matters Boehlert Links Tucson Shooting to Rush, Fox News and Breitbart

Media Matters Boehlert Links Tucson Shooting To Rush, Fox News And Breitbart
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Media Matters slams Palin video
Over the last six months, Media Matters has narrowed its focus to almost a single point: Glenn Beck’s Rhetoric, they argue, incites violence. CEO David Brock leads with this argument in his highly critical response to Sarah Palin’s video, offering three examples: -A man who threatened to Firebomb Nancy Pelosi’s house, whose mother said he got his information from Fox News; -Charles Wilson, who was arrested for repeatedly threatening to kill Sen. Patty Murray, and whose cousin...

Prominent Tucson Republican to Obama: End Politicization of Shooting
As President Obama prepares to address the tragedy in Tucson at a memorial Wednesday evening, a prominent Pima County Republican offered advice to the "consoler-in-chief," asking Mr. Obama to take the opportunity to end the politicization of the shooting involving Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. "I am hopeful the President will lead by example. I am confident he will and that he will ask for people to stop the finger pointing," Pima County GOP Chairman Brian Miller said in an appearance on "Washingto...

Senate Sergeant At Arms: Tucson Shooting May Not Have Happened If We Had Better Health Care System
“If there was a better Health Care system he have been in the Health Care system and never would have been in that Parking Lot,” says Senate Sergeant at Arms Terry Gainer. If only we’d passed ObamaCare a little earlier, I guess....

From the Mail Bag
The atheists and twinkie eaters at Media Matters, also known as the Westboro Baptist D.C. Branch, are enraged that I dared mention Jesus and the absence of discussing him in the debate over Arizona. For a great taste of it, you should check my twitter feed. But having just received this, it gives you a good taste of the Godless: From: Karl Schneider Subject: Fuck you Date: January 12, 2011 6:10:05 PM EST To: Erick-Woods Erickson Reply-To: [email protected] and f**k your dead god on a stick. ...

House pays emotional tribute to Arizona victims
(01-12) 12:37 PST WASHINGTON, CA (AP) -- Grief-stricken members of Congress paid tribute Wednesday to the Victims of the Tucson shooting rampage amid consultations with security advisers on how they can protect themselves and their aides against such savage attacks. Still deeply shaken from Saturday's violence half a continent away, House Speaker John Boehner fought tears as he spoke of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' battle to recover from a gunshot wound to the head. "Our hearts are broken, but our...

Obama To Arizona, Congress In Mourning
In the wake of alleged shooter Jared Lee Loughner killing six and wounding a dozen, including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, Republicans and Democrats came together in a Bipartisan outpouring of support and mourning. President Barack Obama (pictured) is expected to speak during a memorial service for the victims at the University of Arizona. In the House of Representatives, a resolution is being drafted for all of the victims, including a nine-year-old girl. "Look at Tucson right now and you will b

Obama visits shot lawmaker in hospital (AFP)
TUCSON, Arizona (AFP) – US President Barack Obama was Wednesday visiting injured congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in Hospital shortly after arriving in Arizona to address a poignant memorial service. "The president wanted to begin this solemn trip by stopping first at the Hospital where congresswoman Giffords and others continue to recover," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said. The president would also meet with the families of the Victims of Saturday's shooting rampage...

All the News thats Fit to Edit Like a Ransom Note
In between whacking Paul Krugman around like a pinata, John Hinderaker of Power Line writes: Here is a rule of thumb: any time a liberal quotes a fragment of a sentence, or, as in this case, a three-word phrase, a red flag should go up. When liberals quote sentence fragments, they are usually misleading when they aren’t out-and-out fabricated. Stacy McCain once dubbed this the Ransom Note-style of quote editing; or as one of Tim Blair’s readers asked in 2009 about Far Left Media Matter...

14 lawmakers sign Becks pledge
Glenn Beck’s producer was lobbying members of Congress this week to sign his pledge against violence, but so far, only 14 have signed on. “I’ve heard all kinds of reasons and excuses,” Beck said on this Fox News show. “Some just say that they need more time. Some are afraid. Some need more time to read it. It’s not really that complex. Others agree with that. ‘Glenn, I’m in complete agreement here, but I’m a little uncomfortable’&hel...;

Loughner Friend: 'He Did Not Watch TV' or 'Listen to Political Radio'
It's become clear since Saturday that some in the media are determined to blame outspoken Conservatives for the Tucson massacre. So there's really no reason to believe that yet another fact contradicting that attack will put it to rest. But in the spirit of journalism - that thing the left's media attack dogs profess their reverence for - it should be noted: a friend of the killer, Jared Lee Loughner, told "Good Morning America" that Loughner "did not watch TV. He disl...

Liberal Seek Ban on Metaphors In Wake of Arizona Shooting
After the monstrous shooting in Arizona last week, surely we can all agree that we've got to pass Obama's agenda immediately and stop using metaphors. At least I think that's what the Mainstream Media are trying to tell me. Liberals instantly leapt on the sickening massacre at a Tucson political event over the weekend to accuse tea partiers, Sarah Palin and all Conservatives who talk out loud of being complicit in Murder by inspiring the shooter, Jared Loughner. Of course, to make their case...

Fox talkers demand Sheriff Dupnik produce evidence. Since when has evidence ever mattered to Fox talkers?
Bill O'Reilly stepped up last night to make his contribution to the Right's Jihad against Clarence Dupnik for speaking the truth about the environment in Arizona in which Jared Loughner's shooting rampage occurred, devoting three whole segments to running down Dupnik, including his opening "Talking Points Memo" segment in which he attacked Dupnik for mixing politics and Law Enforcement. This, from the guy who has a man-crush on Sheriff Joe Arpaio. At least the first featured a defense of Dupnik ...

Was the 18th century a 'climate of hate'?
In the aftermath of the Tucson tragedy that killed six and wounded 14 others, the Left has attacked Talk Radio, Fox News, Sarah Palin and anyone else it can smear. Never mind there is not a shred of evidence that the accused gunman, the mentally disturbed Jared Lee Loughner, ever watched Glenn Beck or listened to Rush Limbaugh (Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik, a Democrat, irresponsibly suggested Limbaugh incited Loughner). Even if Loughner had watched and listened to conservative media, wha...

Tucson Shooting The Hatred And Hypocrisy From The Left
It would be merciful if, when tragedies such as Tucson’s occur, there were a Moratorium on sociology. But respites from half-baked explanations, often serving political opportunism, are impossible because of a timeless human craving and a characteristic of many modern minds. The craving is for banishing randomness and the inexplicable from human experience. Time was, the gods were useful. What is thunder? The gods are angry. Polytheism was explanatory. People postulated causations. And sti...

Misinformed? MSNBC viewers blame political rhetoric for Tucson shooting (Daily Caller)
Read more stories from The Daily Caller NJ Governor Chris Christie surges in statewide poll Assange claims to have dirt on NewsCorp in 'Insurance' file Misinformed? MSNBC viewers blame 'political Rhetoric' for Tucson shooting Friend: Loughner steered clear of politics, news Anti-Defamation League overall supportive, yet disappointed in Palin's use of 'blood Libel' term Despite overwhelming evidence that accused Tucson shooter Jared Loughner was not motivated by either Left Wing or Right Wing p...

More media fail High school friend Zach Osler says Loughner never watched the news and didnt listen to political radio
More media fail - High School friend Zach Osler says Loughner never watched the news and didn’t listen to political radio Dupnik, The Progressive liberal lame stream media, and the rest of the filthy progressive libtards around the ‘net are getting owned and exposed by the people who actually knew Jared Loughner. ABC interviewed a high school friend of Loughner named Zach Osler who says He did not watch TV. He disliked the news. He didn’t listen to political radio. He didn’t

Louie Gohmert hits the trifecta: violent rhetoric, conspiracy theories, and guns
While it would be impossible to top the self-centered offensiveness of today's Sarah Palin video -- where she used the attempted Assassination of Gabrielle Giffords to peddle her message of victimhood -- Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) gave it his best shot, but could only manage a trifecta of stupidity. First, his thoughts on the public comments by Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik on today's political climate: I hope the sheriff tones his Rhetoric down. Well, sure. Sheriff Dupnik needs to tone d...

Ever the Gun-Grabber, Lautenberg Lies About Failed Gun Law in CNN Op-Ed
It seems all I have done the past several days is "correct" obvious attempts by the leftist media/political machine to create false narratives about the gun and magazines used by Jared Lee Loughner in his deadly assault last Saturday, and when I haven't been dealing with that, I've been dealing with pundits and politicians lying about the failed 1994 "assault weapons ban" that expired in 2004. To hear them tell it, the ban kept blood from flowing in the streets and ended threats of gun violenc...

Liberals Seek Ban on Metaphors in Wake of Arizona Shooting
After the monstrous shooting in Arizona last week, surely we can all agree that we've got to pass Obama's agenda immediately and stop using metaphors. At least I think that's what the Mainstream Media are trying to tell me. Liberals instantly leapt on the sickening massacre at a Tucson political event over the weekend to accuse tea partiers, Sarah Palin and all Conservatives who talk out loud of being complicit in Murder by inspiring the shooter, Jared Loughner. You must login to comment. The Fo...

Officials: Frenetic morning for rampage suspect
(01-12) 14:26 PST Tucson, Ariz. (AP) -- For Jared Loughner, the morning of the deadly shooting rampage was a blur of activity. He hustled to Walmart twice. He ran a red light, with the officer letting him off with a warning. Back home, he grabbed a black bag from the trunk of a family car and fled into the desert on foot, his suspicious father giving chase. Later, Loughner took a cab to a Safeway Supermarket and began squeezing off round after round into the crowd. The new details of the Walma...

Shooting suspect fell through mental health cracks
(01-12) 13:11 PST Tucson, Ariz. (AP) -- Jared Loughner had never been in major trouble with the law or overtly violent, but his behavior at his community college was so disturbing that Campus Police gave him and his parents an ultimatum: Get a Mental Health evaluation or don't come back. Loughner went away but his deteriorating mental condition didn't. Just more than three months later, he is charged in a horrific Mass Shooting that killed six people and left Rep. Gabrielle Giffords clinging t...

Due To Arizona Conflicts, California Judge Takes Over Loughner Case
U.S. District Court Judge for the Southern District of California Larry A. Burns will handle the case against Jared Lee Loughner, the alleged gunman behind the Mass Shooting on Saturday, according to documents filed with the court on Wednesday. All Federal Judges in Arizona have been conflicted out because U.S. District Judge John M. Roll was one of the six Victims of the shooting. "Based upon the circumstances occurring on January 8, 2011 in Tucson and the initiation of proceedings in conjunc...

California federal judge appointed in Arizona shooting case
A Federal Judge from California has been appointed to preside over upcoming hearings in the case of Jared Lee Loughner, the accused gunman in Saturday's Killing Spree in Tucson, Arizona. Judge Larry Burns is a 2003 Bush Appointee serving in the U.S. District Court for Southern California in San Diego. The next federal hearing in the case is scheduled for January 24 in Phoenix. All federal judges in Arizona have recused themselves from hearing the case after Judge John Roll, the chief federa...

U.S. Marshall Describes Loughner's 'Paranoid Headlights' Stare
What is this? Accused Tucson gunman Jared Loughner. Accused Tucson gunman Jared Loughner. In his Mug Shot, Jared Loughner appears to be smirking at the camera. He has a shaved head and his eyes seem puffy but it's that uncomfortable smirk that's left many asking what he was thinking after the 22-year-old was arrested at the scene of Saturday's Mass Shooting. In a piece for Newsweek/The Daily Beast, Eve Conant talks to David Gonzales, a U.S. Marshall in Arizona, who gives a little context to Loug...