Stones, Glass Houses, Etc.: Documenting Liberal Media’s Use of ‘Violent Rhetoric’
It has become apparent in the last 24 hours that the mainstream media is bent on attributing some level of blame for yesterday's tragic shooting in Tuscon, Arizona to Sarah Palin. The chief piece of evidence for this claim is a map SarahPAC devised that placed crosshairs over a number of congressional districts the group would target during the 2010 election cycle. But if violent metaphors in political rhetoric drive crazy people to violence, than the media had better save some blame for themselves, since political reporting is replete with such language (Howard Kurtz noted that fact in his column today). Here are just a few examples (h/t Rich Noyes): read more
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Stones, Glass Houses, Etc.: Documenting Liberal Media’s Use of ‘Violent Rhetoric’
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on January 9, 2011. Filed under