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Posted: 5/19/2006 10:21:52 AM [Last Edit: 5/19/2006 10:22:28 AM by Bartholomew_Roberts] THE IMAGE ABOVE IS A PAID ADVERTISEMENT You may have noticed the byline on ABC News recent story covering the NRAs pledge to ask mayors and police chiefs to sign a petition stating they will uphold their legal duties not to confiscate weapons from law-abiding citizens during time of crisis a la Katrina. ABC News New NRA Campaign Asks Lawmakers to Pledge Not to Confiscate Guns in Times of Crisis Ad Campaign Begins Tomorrow, NRA Reacts to Hurricanes Katrina, Rita By JAKE TAPPER and AVERY MILLER Hmmmm, you mean the Jake Tapper who used to write for Salon.com? I wonder what happens if we google his name and the words "NRA" About the writer Jake Tapper is the Washington correspondent for Salon News and a former employee of Handgun Control Inc. Here is just the tiniest sample of the anti-gun, anti-NRA, stories he did for Salon. You can find dozens more if that kind of thing interests you: archive.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/05/15/guns/print.html archive.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/03/06/guns/index.html archive.salon.com/politics2000/feature/2000/05/17/bush/index.html www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/08/12/nra/index.html www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/08/11/gun/index.html Gee, I guess ABC News sees no problem with having a former employee and advocate for Handgun Control cover the NRA? Talk about media bias... Here is a page where you can let ABC know that hiring lobbyists for the other side to cover the NRA isn't the most ethical practice, even for mainstream media... abcnews.go.com/Reference/story?id=54216

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RenegadeX Member Joined: Feb 2002  TX, USA Posts: 4020 Feedback: 100% (12) Link To This Post	Posted: 5/19/2006 10:24:36 AM [Last Edit: 5/19/2006 10:26:15 AM by RenegadeX] Good work, another example of Media Bias. Not much different than having former Clinton Official (Stephanopolous) pretend to be a journalist and host This Week.... Wonder when they will hire an Ex-NRA member to cover HCI/Brady attempts to deny gun owners their lawful rights....
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CRC Member Joined: May 2002  USA Posts: 14319 Feedback: 0% (0) Link To This Post	Posted: 5/19/2006 10:25:30 AM Thanks for info! I hate ABC News
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warlord Member Joined: Dec 2000  CA, USA Posts: 25072 Feedback: 0% (0) Link To This Post	Posted: 5/19/2006 10:34:08 AM So what else is new? Most of the news media considers the VPC/HCI, Brady Org etc to be authorative sources of gun info. Ever wonder why they never question or they gently question when the news media people do on camera interviews of these people.
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Tomislav Member Team Member Joined: Mar 2002  MI, USA Posts: 4989 Feedback: 100% (59) Link To This Post	Posted: 5/19/2006 10:42:18 AM Send that to some conservative blogs. (Instapundit, RWN, etc.)
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bullyforyou Member Joined: Jun 2005  ME, USA Posts: 1379 Feedback: 100% (5) Link To This Post	Posted: 5/19/2006 10:43:55 AM Originally Posted By Tomislav: Send that to some conservative blogs. (Instapundit, RWN, etc.) +1. needs to be done.
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20rdMag Member Team Member Joined: Sep 2005  USA Posts: 269 Feedback: 0% (0) Link To This Post	Posted: 5/19/2006 10:45:54 AM
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gks452 [Enter witty comment here] Team Member Joined: May 2003  OH, USA Posts: 1476 Feedback: 100% (9) Link To This Post	Posted: 5/19/2006 10:57:41 AM Originally Posted By RenegadeX: Wonder when they will hire an Ex-NRA member to cover HCI/Brady attempts to deny gun owners their lawful rights.... Sometime between now and when Hell freezes over, closer to when Hell freezes over.
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macman37 Arfcom pointer-outer Team Member Joined: Mar 2003  USA Posts: 13751 Feedback: 100% (27) Link To This Post	Posted: 5/19/2006 11:05:34 AM In all fairness, ABC isn't claiming to be fair and balanced...
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Sixgun_Symphony Member Joined: Apr 2002  WA, USA Posts: 339 Feedback: 0% (0) Link To This Post	Posted: 5/19/2006 11:31:46 AM Originally Posted By Tomislav: Send that to some conservative blogs. (Instapundit, RWN, etc.) Agreed!
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Posted: 5/19/2006 11:49:54 AM [Last Edit: 5/19/2006 11:59:04 AM by Bartholomew_Roberts] The info has been forwarded to the NRA, Cam Edwards, and Instapundit in hopes they will take a look at it. Naturally, I encourage anybody here to forward the link or the story to any other sites that might be willing to spread the word and bring a little pressure on ABC concerning their reporting ethics. The link where Tapper acknowledges being a former HCI employee is here: archive.salon.com/politics2000/feature/2000/05/17/bush/index2.html Somebody might want to take a screen shot of that in case Tapper's former employers at Salon decide to pull it (in case this gains traction). I plan to take one; but supporting sources are always nice.

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falaholic1 Member Joined: Jun 2005  TX, USA Posts: 1929 Feedback: 0% (0) Link To This Post	Posted: 5/19/2006 11:57:44 AM What media bias?
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Bartholomew_Roberts Member Team Member Joined: Dec 2001  TX, USA Posts: 4091 Feedback: 100% (3) Link To This Post	Posted: 5/19/2006 1:11:29 PM [Last Edit: 5/19/2006 1:11:56 PM by Bartholomew_Roberts] ABCNEWS.com We appreciate your comments and are considering your opinion. Thanks for writing in.
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OBird ARDOC's "Frankenstein's monster" Team Member Joined: Nov 2004  MN, USA Posts: 1958 Feedback: 0% (0) Link To This Post	Posted: 5/19/2006 1:18:40 PM That contact list has a bunch of email addresses based on what show you're trying to comment on. What show is this guy a part of?
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pzjgr Member Joined: Feb 2005  NY, USA Posts: 2707 Feedback: 0% (0) Link To This Post	Posted: 5/19/2006 1:21:31 PM Just more reasons why I believe all the media should be dragged into the street and summarily shot. Or hung from lamposts....take your pick.
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sixgunsblazing Militia of FAL Team Member Joined: Feb 2002  WA, USA Posts: 5545 Feedback: 100% (45) Link To This Post	Posted: 5/19/2006 1:35:13 PM At least with George Step-on-allofus, everybody knew where he came from, it wasn't this sneaky
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bfieldburt Member Joined: Sep 2004  UT, USA Posts: 1547 Feedback: 0% (0) Link To This Post	Posted: 5/19/2006 1:40:13 PM Originally Posted By CRC: Thanks for info! I hate ABC News ABC=biased leftists
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ken_mays Professional Nonparticipant Team Member Joined: May 2001  TN, USA Posts: 4285 Feedback: 100% (11) Link To This Post	Posted: 5/19/2006 1:42:42 PM What is this ABC News you speak of? Is it kind of like Fox News?
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bfieldburt Member Joined: Sep 2004  UT, USA Posts: 1549 Feedback: 0% (0) Link To This Post	Posted: 5/19/2006 1:50:58 PM [Last Edit: 5/19/2006 2:10:13 PM by bfieldburt] Originally Posted By NonConformist: Fire mission, over!... +1 And someone needs to post this info over at Free Republic ADD: And here it is: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1635069/posts
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Matthew_Q Certavi et vici Team Member Joined: Sep 2001  TX, USA Posts: 9026 Feedback: 100% (7) Link To This Post	Posted: 5/19/2006 2:05:09 PM That's like hiring a KKK member to cover NAACP stories! Geeze.
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Thuban Member Joined: Jan 2006  AL, USA Posts: 576 Feedback: 0% (0) Link To This Post	Posted: 5/19/2006 2:10:51 PM Originally Posted By Matthew_Q: That's like hiring a KKK member to cover NAACP stories! Geeze. Exactly what I was thinking.
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bfieldburt Member Joined: Sep 2004  UT, USA Posts: 1550 Feedback: 0% (0) Link To This Post	Posted: 5/19/2006 2:26:25 PM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1635069/posts Congratulations Bartholomew. You're famous. About 275 views in about 17 minutes. Best post in a while. Thanks.
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Bartholomew_Roberts Member Team Member Joined: Dec 2001  TX, USA Posts: 4092 Feedback: 100% (3) Link To This Post	Posted: 5/19/2006 9:11:19 PM Thanks to everyone who is helping spread the word. Hopefully this will get some more attention.
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Bartholomew_Roberts Member Team Member Joined: Dec 2001  TX, USA Posts: 4095 Feedback: 100% (3) Link To This Post	Posted: 5/30/2006 4:01:03 PM Thanks again to everyone who spread the word. As a result, several pro-RKBA groups have picked up the story and spread it around some more and SAF issued a news release on it. Hopefully, the NRA will pick up on it as well and let their members know...not that most of them don't realize the hyprocrisy already.
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