Posted: 12/16/2012 4:48:41 AM EDT
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Morgan Freeman's brilliant take on what happened yesterday : "You want to know why. This may sound cynical, but here's why. It's because of the way the media reports it. Flip on the news and watch how we treat the Batman theater shooter and the Oregon mall shooter like celebrities. Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris are household names, but do you know the name of a single *victim* of Columbine? Disturbed people who would otherwise just off themselves in their basements see the news and want to top it by doing something worse, and going out in a memorable way. Why a grade school? Why children? Because he'll be remembered as a horrible monster, instead of a sad nobody. CNN's article says that if the body count "holds up", this will rank as the second deadliest shooting behind Virginia Tech, as if statistics somehow make one shooting worse than another. Then they post a video interview of third-graders for all the details of what they saw and heard while the shootings were happening. Fox News has plastered the killer's face on all their reports for hours. Any articles or news stories yet that focus on the victims and ignore the killer's identity? None that I've seen yet. Because they don't sell. So congratulations, sensationalist media, you've just lit the fire for someone to top this and knock off a day care center or a maternity ward next. You can help by forgetting you ever read this man's name, and remembering the name of at least one victim. You can help by donating to mental health research instead of pointing to gun control as the problem. You can help by turning off the news." |
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Quoted: Has it been proved that he actually said that? http://www.examiner.com/article/morgan-freeman-on-adam-lanza |
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Morgan Freeman's brilliant take on what happened yesterday : "You want to know why. This may sound cynical, but here's why. It's because of the way the media reports it. Flip on the news and watch how we treat the Batman theater shooter and the Oregon mall shooter like celebrities. Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris are household names, but do you know the name of a single *victim* of Columbine? Disturbed
people who would otherwise just off themselves in their basements see the news and want to top it by doing something worse, and going out in a memorable way. Why a grade school? Why children? Because he'll be remembered as a horrible monster, instead of a sad nobody. CNN's article says that if the body count "holds up", this will rank as the second deadliest shooting behind Virginia Tech, as if statistics somehow make one shooting worse than another. Then they post a video interview of third-graders for all the details of what they saw and heard while the shootings were happening. Fox News has plastered the killer's face on all their reports for hours. Any articles or news stories yet that focus on the victims and ignore the killer's identity? None that I've seen yet. Because they don't sell. So congratulations, sensationalist media, you've just lit the fire for someone to top this and knock off a day care center or a maternity ward next. You can help by forgetting you ever read this man's name, and remembering the name of at least one victim. You can help by donating to mental health research instead of pointing to gun control as the problem. You can help by turning off the news." Google Morgan Freeman granddaughter and see if you still look up to him. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Should've searched. I usually do, but I said to hell with it. You didn't even need to search, it was just a few topics below yours: |
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Has it been proved that he actually said that? http://www.examiner.com/article/morgan-freeman-on-adam-lanza It's on the Internet It must be true Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Facebook urban myth that proves that people will quote anything from anyone as long as they agree with the message. To dismiss his argument, even if it's right, based simply on not agreeing with his life or other views, would be fallacy. Ad hominem to be precise. The reality is, if he said that, he hit the nail on the head. This statement is exactly right IMO. |
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Facebook urban myth that proves that people will quote anything from anyone as long as they agree with the message. Yeah, okay. 
Several news sites quote it. The Examiner and The Independent aren't exactly beacons of journalism. They both got trolled hard and used the stuff circulating the web as a source. It's on the Internet therefore it must be true. I am a French model. |