I want all media to be as unbiased as possible. IF Martin Bashir fudged this for ratings or a political point, then he gets no more respect from me than the right wing media who do the same thing. As for the hecklers, I wish someone would show them pictures of the dead children until they cry. Asking legitimate questions about if the media spun this away from reality to get a reaction, any reaction that isn't supported by the actual facts, is not a waste of time. However, Andrew Killlian has sources that have already walked back their comments about what happened at the hearing. Including Anderson Cooper and Piers Morgan. If you have better sources that refute Killian's claims, then by all means bring them forward.
"Cooper’s CNN colleague, Piers Morgan, was also willing to concede the point and issue a correction. After the full video made its rounds, he tweeted, “AN APOLOGY: No, those gun supporters didn't ‘heckle’ Neil Heslin – they just shamed themselves with their disgusting behaviour. My mistake.” Though he did go on to call the gun advocates “repulsive” for answering Helsin’s question with “2nd Amendment rights.”
But so far, those are the only major media outlets to reverse their stance on the “heckling.” Aside from Slate, none of the aforementioned blogs have addressed the “context” problem. David Frum accused his critics of “condoning” the heckling of a grieving father, rather than tackle the question of whether it was heckling in the first place."
So we have dueling claims in the media-sphere. I came to see what people thought about the ideas that something may have been misconstrued. If you think I violated the term of service. Then nail me on it. But I am not taking the post down just b/c people do not like it.
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