(04-04-2018, 05:24 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: These days, "the news" and "what is actually important" are not the same thing.    I don't think the fact that someone took a gun to work and shot several people should be the top story.  There are so many things that are happening in the world that are so much more important than that.   The problem for the news media is, the important things happen slowly, are not sensational, and don't drive ratings.

This story should fade quickly since it doesn’t fit the gun control narrative precisely enough to fixate on it.  The post incident press conference was comical as reporters desperately wanted to know what kind of gun was used.  If it had been a dreaded full semi-automatic military styled assault weapon of mass destruction, they would have raced to get David Hogg in front of a camera.  When it became clear that wasn’t the case, it was time to get back to serious news stories like Stormy Daniels.

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