As you may already know, the un-biased Brian Ross with ABC was apparently so
anxious to pin this horrendous and tragic offense on a member of the Tea Party
that he speculated, on air, that the "James Holmes" who maintained a local Tea
Party site on the Internet had to be the gunman, even though a search of local
phone books would have shown that over two dozen men named James Holmes resided
in the vicinity.
ABC's first "correction" of the slander was far from an apology and lamely
attempted to deflect blame on social media websites: "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."
Later, ABC amended its correction and actually used the word "apology" in the
statement: "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. ABC News and Brian Ross apologize for the mistake, and for
disseminating that information before it was properly vetted."
Fortunately, there are no reports that any of the other James Holmes in the area
of the shooting, or their immediate and extended family members, were harmed by
individuals who may have acted on ABC's slanderous report; but ABC's Opps-Our-Bad
attitude is far from adequate or acceptable.
Keep in mind, we're talking about members of the same liberal media who
arrogantly scoff when people suggest that Barack Obama produce his college
records or a copy of a "birth certificate" that is not a digitally-doctored
document.
They have no problem pushing propaganda and conspiracy theories when it suits
their agenda. Some form of repentance is required... perhaps an entire week of
actually reporting the news objectively might be in order, assuming any one in
the media is cable of accomplishing such a task.
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