Lame Stream Media Observations: By Greg Belcher

I found it very interesting as I watched the media firestorm erupt following the Oregon shooting tragedy.

On the one hand, we predictably had our politicizing and polarizing President attempting to use the event to further his anti-second amendment agenda; his message of course being televised to the majority of the uncritical masses through all of the major media outlets, courtesy of the bully pulpit.

On the other hand, I watched in incredulous fascination as Fox News (the self-proclaimed, 'fair and balanced', "Conservative" media outlet) invited on to the program Establishment sycophant, and former New York City mayor, Rudy Giuliani, to weigh in on the situation especially in light of the President's statements. The former mayor correctly pointed out the President's hypocrisy regarding the extremely high homicide rate in the President's former Senatorial district, the area where most of his community organizing activities took place, and he noted the presumably correct statistic that Chicago's homicide rate was two and one half times that of New York's.

At this point the mayor no doubt had most conservatives firmly in his corner due to his bare-knuckled attack on the President. However, what was so interesting was what he said next, and notably, these were points which likely went unrecognized by many of the Republican Neanderthals among us.

Aside from not pointing out the fact that both cities enforced some of the most aggressive gun-control policies in the country, Giuliani said that the reason for the lower homicide rate between the otherwise fairly equal urban centers was the stop and frisk policy of the NYPD. He even lamented the fact that the current mayor had mitigated that policy, and that the results would likely soon be felt.

Oh the irony of having the "conservative" talking head criticize the liberal President for his extraconstitutional attacks on our second amendment, only to have Mr Giuliani advocate for the violation of our fourth amendment rights in order to mitigate the lawlessness resulting from his very own violations of our right to keep and bear arms.

I was even more intrigued when none of the Fox and Friends morning hosts pointed out the inconsistencies in the statements of their invited guest, and additionally disappointed when neither they, nor any other major media outlet whose reporting I viewed that morning, pointed out the real news; the real common threads in almost all of these mass shootings: The fact that almost all took place in gun-free (or significantly gun-restricted) zones. Also, I find disturbing that the media never seems to emphasize the fact that the majority of the non-muslim shooters are on psychotropic medication prior to and/or during their rampages.

I suppose that Ron was right when he pointed out that the truth quickly becomes a casualty when there exists a tyrannical agenda.

And it would seem that no media source may be trusted implicitly.

Hey, I'm just saying.
Greg