The Media should be indicted.

In an editorial, the W. Times has described outright Media fraud about reporting in the Media.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/aug/31/false-reports-about-guns/?feat=article_top10_read

Case #1. The man in New Hampshire.

On CBS evening news, Katie Couric said: "Are we really still debating health care when a man [Mr Kostric] brings a handgun to a church where the president is speaking?" Ms. Couric linked Mr. Kostric's gun to "fear and frankly ignorance drown[ing] out the serious debate that needs to take place about an issue that affects the lives of millions of people."

The facts: Mr Kostric has a legal permit to carry a concealed weapon and he always carries one. Mr Obama WAS NOT SCHEDULED to appear at the protest held at a church. It was SEIU thugs that attacked Mr Kostric and a friend, kicking, pushing them ans spitting on them. In spite of these provocations, Mr Kostric did not draw his gun and did not threaten his attackers. Ms Couric should be indicted for fraud, journalistic malpractice and barred from broadcast journalism.

Case #2. The gun toting man in Arizona.

On Donny Deutsch's Aug. 18 show about the Arizona town-hall meeting, the producers aired a clip of an anonymous black man carrying the so-called assault rifle [a semi-automatic, which is NOT an assault rifle]-- but the network edited the tape so the man's race was obscured. MSNBC anchor Contessa Brewer said, "There are questions whether this has a racial overtone. I mean, here you have a man of color in the presidency and white people showing up with guns strapped to their waists." Another commentator on the same show worried about the "anger about a black person being president." The supposed result: "You know we see these hate groups rising up."

The facts: Ernest Hancock, the radio host who staged the event, was hoping to get some free publicity for himself and his show. There were no angry white men toting a gun to Obama speeches.

Again, we have a case of journalistic fraud and malpractice. The participants should be tried for fraud and jailed. And MSNBC should be put off the air. I confess that I was taken in by the reporting myself.