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arcane1

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2. What passes for "journalism" in America these days.

Reply to MowCowWhoHow III (Original post)

Mon Oct 26, 2015, 04:30 PM

Oct 2015

Someone in the Marine center "heard shots fired at a nearby law office" but that isn't sexy enough for the headline, so they fully distort the facts and say the shooting was "at" the Marine center.

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Police respond to reports of gunman in Davenport, Bettendorf [View all] MowCowWhoHow III Oct 2015 OP

If only the Marines had guns. NRA logic. nt valerief Oct 2015 #1

What passes for "journalism" in America these days. arcane1 Oct 2015 #2

Just a few blocks from me. Itchinjim Oct 2015 #3

That's a bogus headline tularetom Oct 2015 #4

Let's hope no Marines were injured. OldRedneck Oct 2015 #5