Mass Media Sucks: Sandy Hook Media Myths

By GJWHG / 9 January 2013 / 40 comments

Boy the mass media really mucked up their coverage on this story. Did they really expect the public not to find out that Adam Lanza didn’t use a Bushmaster AR-15 in the shooting? Makes one wonder why they targeted that specific gun manufacturer and caliber.

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Doug Turner

Consider my mind blown.
http://www.survivingurbancrisis.com/ Silas Longshot

Why target Bushmaster? Really? Because it’s an evil ASSAULT WEAPON! Doesn’t matter it wasn’t used, it was ‘available’ to the perp. And since it was available, it MUST be made to be the center of attention to gin up another assault weapons ban. Apparently the puppet they used for this mass killing forgot to use it, preferring 2 pistols instead. So the media had to prop up the story by trumpeting the lie that he used the Bushmaster. I seem to be one of very few who considers this government evil enough to use mind controlled stooges to do mass murder to achieve a huge gun control movement. Doesn’t the timing seem too good to be true? King zero is the most anti-gun rights moron ever elected to the Illinois senate, and he’s been waiting patiently for an ‘event’ to take the mask off and do what he’s had a hardon for since the first day in office. Watch for illegal, unconstitutional ‘executive orders’ to spew forth very soon to infringe on our rights.
- http://www.facebook.com/wayne.wilkinson Wayne Wilkinson
  
  Do we really even know if that gun was the car before the police arrived?
shrgngatlas

Oh wow. I knew that the narrative had changed from a Bushmaster in the trunk to the Bushmaster being used to do all the killing, and I was questioning that every chance I had. But now we find it was far worse than that!! Incredible!!
- Get Real
  
  The government and the media is purposely lying……
  
  WAKE UP people!
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Fred_K

Every ill-be-gotten cause has to have a rallying flag/symbol. The have chosen the AR-15. It does not matter what gun the choose, but one that looks intimidating is fair game. They would not pick a 22 target pistol, because it is not intimidating.
Lars Arden

Don’t banter, act! “Preaching to the choir” is not working. We pro-gun folks know the depth and breadth of the threat. As of this moment the messages received by the members of Congress are running 9 to 1 against more gun control. Writing, phoning and e-mailing your opposition to more gun control laws is quite easy: just tell them NO! We can make the ratio 50 to 1 and deliver our message. Support all the major firearms associations such as the NRA, The Second Amendment Sisters, The Right to Keep and Bear Arms, your local state organization, etc. Five or ten bucks each from a multitude of contributors will give weight to their efforts. It’s less than the cost of a box of ammo.
e111w

I, too, recall early reporting that certain firearm(s) were found in the car trunk. If memory serves me correctly, the reporting was about a shotgun in the trunk. And – the gun being cycled by the lawman in the video is clearly a shotgun. But – but – but: That does not answer the question……………
Was there also an AR firearm in the trunk? If yes – then it could not have been used in the school….. unless, of course, there were two or more ARs.
Surely the cops know an AR – 5.56 mm (.223 cal) cartridges and casings when they see them.
Something is STILL fishy here. Please be VERY, VERY careful about what and whom you think credible. We know the bulk of media is leftist and that they will sensationalize just about anything they can to pump their ideologies. We can profit and stand above that genre if we do NOT stoop to that level.
- http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000877855886 Patrick Wickersham
  
  I think the media is saying he put the gun back in the trunk AFTER he shot himself in the head with it.
  - ketma
    
    That got an outloud laugh out of me.
    - shrgngatlas
      
      LOL, me, too.
- gerf
  
  I have a friend who is liberal who actually thinks that the female deputy thing in San Antonio is a hoax . I consider him a very good friend and intelligent , so it shows how uninformed and brainwashed they are ! I was totally shocked when he mentioned this . I didn’t know what to say , w/o starting an argument .
  - hdeddie59
    
    With a friend that naive and gullible be very careful what you say around him because he will be the first to turn you in if they try arms confiscation and you like all true patriots do not intend on complying…….
    - handgunnar
      
      You’re right, hdeddie. There is no such thing as a trustworthy liberal friend.
- chuck146
  
  I WATCHED THE WHOLE THING ALL DAY LONG, WATCHED AS THEY OPENED THE TRUNK, AND THERE WAS A SHOTGUN AND THE BUSHMASTER IN IT. THEY SAID HE USED THE TWO HAND GUNS THAT WERE FOUND WITH HIM IN THE SCHOOL. THEN AFTER FBI AND TERRORIST UNIT GOT THERE, THE STORIES ALL CHANGED. WHY WERE THEY SENT THERE? NOT IN ANY OTHER SHOOTING AT A SCHOOL. THE STORIES BEING RELEASED ARE NOT RINGING TRUE. THERE NEEDS TO BE AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO THIS SHOOTING, SOMETHING SMELLS OF A PLANNED, PROFESSIONAL HIT. COMMON SENSE WILL BRING UP A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON THIS THAT THEY WON’T ANSWER. WHY?
http://www.facebook.com/BridgingtheGapMinistries Randy Wiggins

I’m still wandering what happened to the person that was seen driving off. That part of the original story just vanished.
save the 2nd amendment

Facts are, what the elitists in government want is disarm the average citizen, so they can ram whatever they want down on us! They don’t want firearms to be taken away from them, just ask Sen. Frankenstien and Chucky Schumer, with thier concealed carry permits. Just taken away from the common American; they want this so there can be no armed inserrection against the government. So the facts in this case don’t matter, and if they don’t add up, then they make new “facts” to suit the agenda. I don’t own an assualt weapon, but hang on to yours, the time is coming when you will need it to protect yourself and your family from the thugs (like has happened in Chicago), or over zealous lawmakers! Everywhere, registration has always led to confiscation! Just ask our friends in England and Australia
CrustyOldGeezer

BushMaster = scary name….

scary name = wet diapers and shrieks of dispair
http://www.facebook.com/ron.callaway1 Ron Callaway

Did he say there was no ar15 inside the school? I knew from the get go rhat was a shotgun in his trunk. WHAT BOTHERS ME WAS THREATS TO ANYONE WHO MENTIONED THE OTHER MEN WHO WERE HANDCUFFED AND WHO WERE THEY.
This smells like BENGAZI
Laura M

Great video!! You hit the nail on the head many times. I think you would have a harder time finding the facts that the hack reporters got right.than counting all their mistakes. They were in such a hurry to get the tragedy on air that they reported lies and misrepresentations. I wondered from the the start about all the reports changing from this to that. First the guy’s mother was a teacher at the school, then a sub and when the school superintendent said no she wasn’t, they finally got it right by researching? Freedom of the press does NOT include freedom to spew falsehoods.

We as a Nation need to hold these hack reporters accountable for their reckless behavior. I agree wholeheartedly that Bushmaster should sue after all they have a far better case than the guy who sued Oprah for her burger comment.
Zundfolge

I would have preferred they take the filter off the video of them taking the gun out of the trunk.

Also, I don’t think it was a Saiga 12, but instead a more standard semi-auto 12ga, perhaps a Remington 11-87 or Benelli M2 type shotgun.
Fedup

hmmm, already knew all that and that the gun in the trunk was a Saiga shotgun. What bothers me is, why didn’t everyone else know.
Dowhatsright

There was one news story that said no Ar15 was used. It cam
out a bout a day after the shooting, but all the other media continued their
agenda and blamed the AR15. I think that
this news story was the first one to say that his mother did not work for the
school. You can not trust the media
to tell the truth.

I believe that the media was in cahoots with the Obama
administration with the sole purpose to try and do away with the 2nd
amendment. We all know how the new media
kisses the ass of Obama. They refuse, in
spite of all the evidence, to investigate Obama birth records. Nor will they report the Fast and Furious or
the murder in our Embassy.
Bdctop

Huffington, Today, nor any of the other “news sources” have any accurate information. The investigation is being conducted by Connecticut State Police who have state, unequivocally, that they will not be rushed by the media. Thus the media is speculating as to firearms. The firearms removed from the trunk were obviously not used in the incident. We will only know the exact information when CSP completes and releases its investigation. Speculating from our side does nothing positive, and harms us much more than misinformation on the other side can be held against them.
- shrgngatlas
  
  The Conn. State investigation is likely to never be made public, or it will be leaked that the results were not definitive or some such. Then the mantra will simply be that 26 teachers and students were killed, and the details don’t matter; we must ban these evil guns to help prevent some future deaths just because!!
GRusling

Don’t forget January 19th! Find a gun store or shooting range and demonstrate your support for the 2nd Amendment…
CLINDSEY50

FUNNY HOW THE STORIES KEPT CHANGING THROUGH OUT THE DAY. I WATCHED WHOLE DAY, DIDN’T MAKE SENSE THE FBI AND A TERRORIST UNIT WAS CALLED IN. THAT’S WHEN THE STORIES CHANGED. THE FACTS OF THE EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE HAVE BEEN HUSHED. JUST THE REPORT OF THE DEAD AND LANZA, AND TAKING ASSAULT RIFLES FROM US IS ALL YOU HEAR. THE MAN THEY CAUGHT IN THE WOODS RUNNING AWAY FROM THE SCHOOL, THEN SAID, I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT DOWN THERE. THE TWO MEN RACING AWAY FROM THE SCHOOL IN A CAR THEY CAUGHT, THE GUY IN WOODS HAD 4 GUNS ON HIM. NORMAL WAY TO HUNT? NEVER HEAR ABOUT THESE ANY MORE. STORIES OF LANZA BEING TAKEN TO RANGE TO SHOOT PRIOR TO THIS WERE NOT CONFIRMED AFTERWARDS. THE ONE WITNESS SAID SHADOW OF THREE MEN WENT BY HER DOOR WHEN SHOOTING TOOK PLACE. THEN SAYING CHILDREN WERE SHOOT WITH BUSHMASTER AFTER AUTOPSY, MAKES ONE WONDER. WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN ANY ANSWERS ON BENGHAZI AND I WOULD LIKE AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION ON SANDY HOOK.
John W.H.

typical lies from the lame stream media , and just a excuse to try and screw with the second amendment!! they should be sued for ever thing they have, all of them. and obama and stupid joe need to be in prison if they try to take our guns along with ever left wing retard that thinks they no what is best for we the people.
hdeddie59

The more the media and the government twist and pervert this story the more I think the current traitorous administration was behind this senseless tragedy!!! This was their catalyst to try and take away our God given and Constitutional rights!!! The line of bullsh*t they are repeating now is no where near what was initially reported and many things have been changed or never mentioned again and the weapon they are blaming and the class it fits in is exactly the type that would be most effective for use against them if they turn on the American People and decide to use force to disarm US!!!
http://www.facebook.com/wayne.wilkinson Wayne Wilkinson

I’m with you. Great video. There is something that isn’t completely accurate in your story. Bushmaster didn’t put the company up for sale because they wanted to. They were forced to by their investors. Cerberus Capital Group is the investment group that owns a portfolio of companies they call the Freedom Group. Cerberus was the company that bought Chrysler & had to sell them to Fiat during the auto bailout. Freedom Group owns several companies including Mountain Khaki, Para-Ordnance, Remington, Bushmaster, Marlin, DPMS and others. Well, financial markets being what they are… the California Teachers Retirement Fund had $750 million dollars invested with Cerberus. Well, after the shooting, the CATRF called the head guy with Cerberus, who himself lives in CT saying they were pulling their money out of Cerberus didn’t offload Freedom Group. So, guess what – all the companies in Freedom Group are for sale. I imagine they can be bought together or separately, but they are for sale. So, this wasn’t sparked by fear from the management, this was sparked by pressure from large investors. Keep up the good work though.
ketma

Anyone got a theory as to why he totally destroyed his computer, so no info could be salvaged? Would an insane person do that and why?
DrScaryGuy

Was that rifle converted to .22lr?
http://www.facebook.com/charlesbigtruck Charles Durham

Yes unless the national media has it on prime time nothing will change. The main population will not know.
http://www.facebook.com/TXRVer Wanda Gray

I did stills from video that show Emilie Parker in a family photo prior to Sandy Hook and compared it to one taken 2 days after the supposed shooting at the memorial standing next to Obama. I question why all 26 were closed coffin services? Maybe it is because the coffins were empty.
- shrgngatlas
  
  Not one of the 26 victims had an open coffin viewing?? THAT IS CRAZY UNBELIEVABLE!! What is being hidden from us?
  - http://www.facebook.com/carol.hicks.3785 Carol Hicks
    
    I beleive if you consider the massive drain on the areas funeral homes you can easily determine the reason all were closed casket. Any caliber larger than a 22 would cause so much damage to a small child. They simply did not have the time or resouces to make the appropriate steps to make open casket services available. Logic people.
KWB

Guns are neither good, nor evil. They are inanimate objects. They are tools, nothing more. They only obey the hand of the person holding them.
Guns do not cause crime, just as pencils do not cause misspelled words, and spoons do not cause obesity. However, the RIGHT of the people to keep and bear arms is constitutionally protected. Our government does NOT have the legal authority to deny us that right, and if they attempt to do so, I fear it will spark another revolution.
Ed Schuitema

This has been proven to be a complete fabrication
Berzrkr50

It became a target because it makes your typical limp wristed liberal wet his little panties (it’s so scary looking!). They also made it a target because the think that if they highlight it’s scary appearance that’ll make it much easier to push through another “assault weapon ban”. The media need to stop lying and get a clue that the weapon seized was nothing more than a semi-automatic rifle and not an assault weapon as reported. Stop the lying!