New York Post, Daily News Blast NRA Speech (PHOTOS) [View all]

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Two New York tabloid newspapers on Saturday sharply criticized NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre's Friday press conference, during which he called for armed guards to be installed in every school in America.

Here's the Post:



And the Daily News:


http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/new-york-post-daily-news-blast-nra-speech

(Murdoch wants tighter gun control so I guess that might be the reason for the Post's blasting of the NRA speech)

After Gun-Control Talk Reportedly Banned on Fox News, Murdoch Turns to the Post

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The paper's stance may come as a surprise to those who typically associate Murdoch's News Corporation publications with conservative-leaning right-wing ideology. Equally as surprising, Murdoch may have wanted to open up dialogue about gun-control on his Fox News cable network as well. It's just that his employee, Roger Ailes, president of Fox News Channel, apparently said no.
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Regardless of whose call it was to limit gun-control talk on Fox News, the Post editorial is quite clear in its stance:
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2012/12/murdoch_on_guncontrol.php