Washington, DC — President Barack Obama held a press conference today to announce signing into law a bill that prevents U.S. media outlets from naming the shooting suspect in any of their news coverage. This comes just days after a gunman opened fire inside a classroom at a rural Oregon community college, killing nine people and injuring nine others before committing suicide after a shootout with police.
“Today I’m proud to announce the ‘Mass Shooting Bill’, which will prevent the media and it’s coverage from naming the suspect or perpetrator in horrible tragedies like the recent Oregon shooting. If it is some kind of sick fame these individuals desire then that fame is what will be denied,” Obama told reporters. “With the shooting in Oregon, it is important to remember the 9 innocent lives that were lost that day. We must think of heroes like Chris Mintz, who was shot seven times while saving lives and survived, all on his son’s sixth birthday. We must forget the killer.”
Feel good measures that only inhibit freedoms are stock in trade of politicians these days.
Another freedom lost.
Alas Babylon.
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He cannot do that. It is a first amendment right called freedom of the press, to report the truth as to who the suspect/shooter is.
is this because that guy was a black Muslim? Then they tried to make him white to cover it up and it didn't work?
This is getting too PC, and I will be damned if our first amendment rights and the right to freedom of the press are infringed upon in this country.
If I have to, I will become a journalist and do it anyway.. I don't care if I go to jail, they cannot keep me, its freedom of the press. I would take that to the supreme court!
Freedom of the Press. The right, guaranteed by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, to gather, publish, and distribute information and ideas without government restriction; this right encompasses freedom from prior restraints on publication and freedom from Censorship.
Good point. We, as citizen journalists and participants in Hernando's. . . would we fall under the same penalty?
Technically we would fall under that law, as we are gathering, publishing and distributing information.
And I would do it in blogs, and facebook, and start a website publication for truth in journalism. If they really pass such an unconstitutional bill, then I would fight like you have never seen anyone fight before..
When I was in college, my English professor wanted me to have one more semester of English and he was planning on giving me a recommendation as a journalist to the Kansas City Star. (because he said I was one of the best writers and students he ever had..)
I don't need his recommendation for this.. I know what I am capable of, and I will do it to the best of my ability, and fight like no one has ever fought before. I will not stand for this! I will not bow down to such an infringement of the American people's right to the truth!
Hey dirk, it does look like this somehow went through congress and it is now law?
I need to find the actual bill, who pushed it through congress, what representatives supported it and all other information on this bill that we can get...
Can you help me with this? So far I cannot find the actual bill.. still looking..
Thank you..
(I am sorry to ask for help, but this is too important to me.. I have to find all the details..)
I think it goes a bit deeper than denying a moment in the spotlight to these guys. Just about every one of them has a long history of mental illness and/or drug use, with way too many of them being, or having been on, psychotropic drugs.
Obfiscation will do little to 'solve' this problem, or prevent another incident. It WILL prevent much of the public from knowing the nationality and history of who Public Enemy Number One is.
I feel more and more like Humpty Dumpty with each new action by our current potus, and have to wonder: can we really survive another year of his damage to the very core of the American way of life?
Hey dirk, it does look like this somehow went through congress and it is now law?
I need to find the actual bill, who pushed it through congress, what representatives supported it and all other information on this bill that we can get...
Can you help me with this? So far I cannot find the actual bill.. still looking..
Thank you..
(I am sorry to ask for help, but this is too important to me.. I have to find all the details..)
Let me guess; this is another 'sneaker' they just tacked on to the bottom of an important bill so it could get passed?
I'm sure the recent shooting will help soften the blow for how the people view this new law.
But, but, wouldn't it be better if we knew who did this so if they got away we could call the cops if we saw them? Maybe they want these mass murderers to be out long enough to kill other kids in a different location.
Something sounds fishy about this action. Only a Lawyer would push legislation like this so they can get a loophole and protect future clients rights.
The public input can help in cases like this. Unless of course they want us to distrust the law enforcement officers instead of assisting them.
A Google News search for "Mass Shooting Bill" currently returns nothing.
Given that we've never heard of it before, and it would be controversial and contentious, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that this story, which is published on a blog at NBC News, is a fabrication.
ETA: Oh, I just realized it's not NBC News (nbc.com), it's "nbc.com.co", clearly a fake site and fake story.
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A Google News search for "Mass Shooting Bill" currently returns nothing.
Given that we've never heard of it before, and it would be controversial and contentious, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that this story, which is published on a blog at NBC News, is a fabrication.
ETA: Oh, I just realized it's not NBC News (nbc.com), it's "nbc.com.co", clearly a fake site and fake story.
Yeah, I posted this elsewhere in hopes to get some help looking for the bill and informing others about it, and just found out its not NBC after all.
It is coming out of Columbia though, and with the timing of the story, one wonders if this story is a CIA operation to gauge people's reactions to the possibility of such an infringement of press...
So we look up the whois of that website, ( whois.namecheckup.com/nbc.com.co ) and it was created from the United States.. when you search the IP address of the person who created the site, we find it is hosted from Ashburn VA