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Is our Media obtuse? The Other McCain thinks so
Obtuse
2 a: lacking sharpness or quickness of sensibility or intellect: INSENSITIVE, STUPID
He is too obtuse to take a hint.
b: difficult to comprehend: not clear or precise in thought or expression
Yep, our beloved loathsome media fits the description above. McCain offers this dose of reality.
How can it be that so many things which are obvious to any reasonably intelligent and well-informed person are seemingly beyond the comprehension of most journalists? That question occurred to me when I saw this headline from NPR:
Kansas City shooting raises questions
about how kids are getting a hold of gunsHow obtuse can one possibly be? The use of the word “kids” in this headline is misleading, and perhaps deliberately so. True, two minors have been charged in the Kansas City shooting — teenagers, whose ages have not been publicly announced by authorities who have charged them with illegally carrying firearms and resisting arrest. But these suspects aren’t really “kids,” as most people would use that terms. They’re criminals, most likely gang members, of a type rather common in urban America. There were many actual kids — that is to say, children — at the Super Bowl victory parade who weren’t carrying pistols, unlike the teenage gang-bangers who shot wildly into the crowd in downtown Kansas City. To conflate innocent “kids” with these juvenile members of the criminal underclass is to obscure the basic categorical issues involved.
Those points are too obvious for today’s pointy-headed wanna be journalists of course. They craft narratives rather than engage in critical thinking. Please do go read the rest, pass it around
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