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2018-05-28 -Land of the Free

'Active shooter' video game prompts outrage in wake of mass shootings

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Posted by 746 2018-05-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 given the fact that there have been 22 school shootings in the U.S. since the beginning of this year.

FFS can we never get rid of these lies?

Posted by AlanC 2018-05-28 07:26|| 2018-05-28 07:26|| Front Page Top

#2 The media keeps repeating them in the hopes they will come true.

Posted by CrazyFool 2018-05-28 09:01|| 2018-05-28 09:01|| Front Page Top

#3 Most reporters recall the statistic and never bother to check. And given how reduced the ranks of editors are, starting eith the formerly definitive New York Times, there is no one but the right side of the internet to check.

Posted by trailing wife 2018-05-28 12:27|| 2018-05-28 12:27|| Front Page Top

#4 Like TW said. Editors used to be the adults in the room, but distributed news-sourcing has pretty-much killed that gate-keeper.

Now, everyone looking for their 5x3 has an outlet for their pov, some of it worthy, a lot of it sewage.

And our ever-re-defined "culture" circles the drain.

Posted by Anomalous Sources 2018-05-28 13:59|| 2018-05-28 13:59|| Front Page Top

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