Silence on Friesen case shows continued media failure on guns

Regardless of your position on guns, it would be disingenuous to argue the outcome of the Doug Friesen case is not "news." When the government is aggresively prosecuting a citizen, trying to put him away for up to 10 years and penalize him $250,000 for multiple felonies, and when they agree to dismiss charges in exchange for his agreement to surrender an item of disputed property, pay a $25 fine, and receive probation for a misdemeanor plea, curiosity should at least be piqued among the newshounds.




Especially since being a watchdog (as opposed to lapdog) of government is one of the traditional roles of a free press.







"[We] need to look at what the anointed media do with their elite status. Meaning how they slant supposedly straight news stories to fit their anti-gun agenda. And ignore other stories altogether.



Author/economist John Lott addressed this in his "The Bias Against Guns," where he demonstrates selective reporting by agenda-driven media and government, what reviewer, economist and syndicated columnist Walter Williams called "sins of commission and omission."



Combine that with an almost astounding ignorance of their subject matter."



The press just keeps ignoring stories of how the Government treats gun owners. But we heard about Micheal Jackson for over a month. Now he's been replaced by Ted Kennedy. We wouldn't want to miss out on what either one of these are doing, now that they are dead.