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Kopel torpedoed factcheck.org defense of Obama’s record on guns
January 7, 2009 | Tagged anti-gun Obama, Mainstream Media bias, Relative objectivity, Rocky Mountain News | Leave a Comment
On Monday, 01-05-08, the Rocky Mountain News published a relatively balanced article about the booming gun sales since the election of Barack Hussein Obama. However, the article quotes factcheck.org as saying that the NRA’s negative characterization of Obama’s record ”distorts Obama’s position on gun control beyond recognition.”
What the News article didn’t mention is that Rocky Mountain News/Denver Post Columnist David Kopel deconstructed the factcheck.org analysis in a post on the Volokh Conspiracy. (The News and the Denver Post are both owned by the same company, the Denver Newspaper Agency. I don’t suppose the writers of the newspaper article read posts on the Volokh Conspiracy Website.)
Still, on balance, the News article presented a more even-handed approach to reporting on the gun issue than I am accustomed to finding in the Mainstream Media. The Rocky Mountain News is currently in financial trouble and may have to close. It would be a shame to lose a relatively impartial Colorado newspaper source. Hopefully, the Rocky will be picked up by someone who will try to maintain a hint of objectivity with regard to the individual right to armed self-defence against crime and tyranny recognized by the Second Amendment.
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