How the Mainstream Media Got Tucson Wildly and Willfully Wrong
Peter Robinson ·
Jan 27, 2011 at 11:30am
From our friend, Ed Driscoll, over at Pajamas media. A devastating video essay.
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Jul '10
Re: How the Mainstream Media Got Tucson Wildly and Willfully Wrong
And that's the way it was.
Dec '10
Re: How the Mainstream Media Got Tucson Wildly and Willfully Wrong
Newsweek is "reporting" (I think the proper word is "wishcasting") that Obama is going to push gun control...
Oh, please, oh, please...
Oct '10
Re: How the Mainstream Media Got Tucson Wildly and Willfully Wrong
Soooo.. Peter. Have you got anything new for us???
Jul '10
Re: How the Mainstream Media Got Tucson Wildly and Willfully Wrong
Yes. I hope the federal government does something about gun control. I have noticed a slow decline in the gun skills of boy scouts. Perhaps the Department of Education could make rifle shooting core curriculum, K-12?
Edited on Jan 27, 2011 at 1:51pmJan '11
Re: How the Mainstream Media Got Tucson Wildly and Willfully Wrong
A thought is a thought. A theory is a collection of thoughts, many abstract, that lead to a conclusion. But a story is a series of events that purport to reveal a conclusion. Both a theory and a story get you to a conclusion. Philosophers prefer theories. Journalists prefer stories. The contrast is worth a reflection.
What matters is the connection. With a theory, you can examine the intervening thoughts by themselves, and logic referees the validity of going from one thought to another. But with a story, the connection isn't always so clear. Sometimes a story can make a connection that a theory would forbid, and therein lies the danger. If you're in a hurry to make a story, the intervening connections can be inconvenient.
Shoddy journalists start with the conclusions they want, and they (only) tell the events that lead to that conclusion. The intervening events? You just assume they're connected. Contradicting events? Skip 'em.
Tucson is a story where one event was connected to multiple liberal conclusions (GOP hatred, gun control, anger, etc.). Instead of starting with events, they started with the conclusion.