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In reply to the discussion: Anti-Gun Bias on HBO's "The Newsroom" [View all]muriel_volestrangler
(101,294 posts)39. The right thread, and I'm worried you can't see that
The whole purpose of the OP is to say that The Newsroom should be attacking Obama for being 'anti-gun'. Read their words again - I'll highlight the anti-Obama message that is the core, since you couldn't see it:
I just finished watching "The Newsroom" on HBO (Season 1, Episode 4, I'll Try to Fix You).
McAvoy, the anchor, has a one-sided but at least mostly true on-air rant where he "proves" that Sarah Palin, the NRA and others have no basis for thinking Obama is anti-gun and wants to ban guns. After all, by carefully ignoring Obama's published and well known anti-gun positions before he became president, you can show that he is a gun rights champion. He is, according to McAvoy's analysis, "the best friend the NRA has ever had."
McAvoy, the anchor, has a one-sided but at least mostly true on-air rant where he "proves" that Sarah Palin, the NRA and others have no basis for thinking Obama is anti-gun and wants to ban guns. After all, by carefully ignoring Obama's published and well known anti-gun positions before he became president, you can show that he is a gun rights champion. He is, according to McAvoy's analysis, "the best friend the NRA has ever had."
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Kind of like when people actually believe when rUsh, oLier and hateme spew garbage on their shows.
geckosfeet
Jul 2012
#2
Actually, statistics do show that a gun increases rather than decreases the risk...
DanTex
Jul 2012
#3
Uh, no, my point is that it's not a lie. Statistically, a gun puts you at greater risk.
DanTex
Jul 2012
#16
In other words, you have no point, and you've backed away from the lies in your last post.
DanTex
Jul 2012
#59
Ghetto has more than one meaning. If the context doesn't support a racial meaning, there is no
TPaine7
Jul 2012
#19
Anti-Obama horseshit - from someone with 272 Gungeon posts, and NONE elsewhere
muriel_volestrangler
Jul 2012
#32
Maybe I'll reconsider my decision to not post in this forum after Nov 7.
2ndAmForComputers
Jul 2012
#41
Does every character in a fictional show have to tell the truth with every word?
arcane1
Jul 2012
#51