But that's another story.
ABC7 anchor, Liz Kreutz, after a toss to a little man reporter, Ryan Curry, who did about as banal and useless "report" from the race at Ocean Beach, but back to 'Liz with news."
"Now, something more serious..." said Liz, then proceeded to report on the Buffalo massacre, in which 10 people were shot dead in a predominately Black neighborhood. And most of the victims killed were Black. A hate crime.
But before any details, back to Bay to Breakers.
*The idea that many of the networks and cable outlets chose not to publish the name of the shooter is total bullshit and brings out hypocrisy to the max.
You know what? I wanna know about this lizard. I want to find out what this gem has been up to. Not just a few months but his entire grown-up life. He's 18 but he looks and sounds quite adult to me. It appoears as if he planned this ambush for quite some time. He looked organized from the various live streams and videos that went up online. Far from some lone wolf, he appeared to plan this with ultimate detail and dedication.
The idea we're going to act holier-than-thou and not name his name is a crock. This is all false hustle. This is an American ideal of "thoughts and prayers" at its worst/ max. Most people are just numb now. They're used to all this.
Which means a different playbook. Name the nutcase's name and don't stop there.
You're not glorifying his life by injecting some hard-ass investigative reporting. You're attempting a basic journalistic function: getting to the truth and wondering out loud, "why and how."
Because if you don't try, then you're sentenced to a day out there at Bay to Breakers.
How fucking stupid are you? It’s been a thing for quite some time now to give these dirt bags as little “glorification” as possible. They WANT to make headlines. They want to be in the spotlight. It’s 2022, not 1982. Wake up!
ReplyDeleteThe Columbine shooting was one of the first major one of these. The losers who perpetuated the crime were extensively covered to where it seemed that any unbalanced person would consider them to be cool and want to emulate them. I believe the lack of coverage of the shooter is an attempt to avoid that.
ReplyDeleteAgree with 11:45AM
ReplyDeleteI know I'm old school. There's shame in a name being in the media for such cowardly behavior like this shooting. Dude could have joined the SEALs or US Army Rangers if he had the guts for a situation where people shoot back and your usually not in a comfortable environments. Hed probably was out of Basic Training. Publish the name, the guy is a spineless coward.
ReplyDeletePretty easy finding out his name, and his entire manifesto on Non-BA news sites. The BA media "sanitizes" the news...for YOUR protection.
ReplyDeleteNobody has mentioned the church sdhooting in LA sunday either..
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