ABC News has retracted. (Reply #18) - Democratic Underground

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18. ABC News has retracted.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2012/07/abc-news-tea-party-connection-incorrect-129588.html

"An earlier ABC News broadcast report suggested that a Jim Holmes of a Colorado Tea Party organization might be the suspect, but that report was incorrect. Several other local residents with similar names were also contacted via social media by members of the public who mistook them for the suspect".

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all]	IdaBriggs	Jul 2012	OP
That's a common name but let's hope this is the death knell for the teaparty	flamingdem	Jul 2012	#1
Incredibly irresponsible on the part of ABC	GarroHorus	Jul 2012	#2
True	get the red out	Jul 2012	#3
Exactly right.	boxman15	Jul 2012	#5
Must not follow any possible leads that point to the RW, eh?	morningfog	Jul 2012	#6
A responsible journalist would investigate and confirm before speculating	Luminous Animal	Jul 2012	#13
Unless they got a tip from a trusted source	Fawke Em	Jul 2012	#8
i bet you're right -- the tip might be bogus, but that's likely what happened	nashville_brook	Jul 2012	#10
update -- this might have come from the suspect's mother...	nashville_brook	Jul 2012	#15
ABC has retracted it.	GarroHorus	Jul 2012	#30
I agree	Canuckistanian	Jul 2012	#9
Where have you been for the past 20 years?	Blecht	Jul 2012	#43
I've heard no other network make that claim.	AngryOldDem	Jul 2012	#11
These are the same MSM people that said the internet can't produce the level of journalism that	KurtNYC	Jul 2012	#12
I agree. There's a huge difference in speculating on a blog or	2pooped2pop	Jul 2012	#27
There are blogs and then there are blogs	GarroHorus	Jul 2012	#29
Whether he is or not	gopiscrap	Jul 2012	#4
They really shouldn't have done that.	Lone_Star_Dem	Jul 2012	#7
ABC is now in good company. Breitbart News is claiming he's a registered Democrat. UPDATE	GarroHorus	Jul 2012	#14
Looks like you read Breitbart, interesting.	Kingofalldems	Jul 2012	#17
Looks like you make idiotic assumptions, interesting.	GarroHorus	Jul 2012	#19
Nice avatar	Kingofalldems	Jul 2012	#21
You don't have to buy anything	GarroHorus	Jul 2012	#23
looks like you read people who read breitbart..Even more interesting!	snooper2	Jul 2012	#37
Heh heh	GarroHorus	Jul 2012	#46
maybe...but, the University has already confirmed he's a doctoral	JanMichael	Jul 2012	#16
ABC News has retracted.	Luminous Animal	Jul 2012	#18
I doubt it. Demographically, the guy isn't a quick fit in the TP	cali	Jul 2012	#20
It is stupid ass fucking stupid stupid stupid speculation. See post #18.	Luminous Animal	Jul 2012	#25
I'm sure that they have some inside info about this...	progressivebydesign	Jul 2012	#22
ABC has already retracted...	Luminous Animal	Jul 2012	#24
don't be sure. you are wrong. and idiot fucking ABC has retracted it	cali	Jul 2012	#26
Wow.	Marinedem	Jul 2012	#28
This message was self-deleted by its author	Atman	Jul 2012	#31
Another Teabagger terrorist	AngryAmish	Jul 2012	#32
except ABC news has retracted their idiotic fucking ubelievably stupid irresponsible	cali	Jul 2012	#33
By the end of the day, half of DU will believe it is true.	Luminous Animal	Jul 2012	#34
and that says quite a bit.	cali	Jul 2012	#35
nbc and my local rag are identifying someone with that name as the shooter	fizzgig	Jul 2012	#36
Yes. But they are not the same person. ABC "News" has already retracted.	Luminous Animal	Jul 2012	#39
i saw the retraction	fizzgig	Jul 2012	#42
the source is federal officials	malaise	Jul 2012	#40
ABC News has retracted. See my and Cali's posts upthread.	Luminous Animal	Jul 2012	#41
ABC retracted	GarroHorus	Jul 2012	#47
I don't want to cast blame until we have facts.	backscatter712	Jul 2012	#38
actually, theres simply not enough identifying info at the Tea Party site to tell for sure	librechik	Jul 2012	#44
ABC News has already retracted and apologized. See my and Cali's posts and links	Luminous Animal	Jul 2012	#45
Am Deleting Post - ABC has already retracted.	IdaBriggs	Jul 2012	#48

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