Interesting news is that Michelle Obama’s comments were allegedly edited by ABC.
According to Charlie Spiering, Commentary Staff Writer for The Washington Examiner :
In an interview with Good Morning America’s Robin Roberts aired this morning, First Lady Michelle Obama recalled the tragic death of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton who was shot and killed in Chicago after performing during the President’s Inauguration celebration in Washington D.C.
“She was caught in the line of fire because some kids had some automatic weapons they didn’t need,” the First Lady explained. “I just don’t want to keep disappointing our kids in this country. I want them to know that we put them first.”
Chicago police reported, however, that Pendleton was shot by a man who “opened fire with a handgun before fleeing in a waiting car” according to the Associated Press.
Once again, misinformation is given about the type of gun and who was responsible. It apparently wasn’t an automatic weapon and it wasn’t a kid. It was a hand gun and it was a man according to the reports Spiering was relying upon. So, what part of the truth is so difficult to comprehend and take into consideration? Or, is it that the Obamas and other gun control supporters are merely taking advantage of the crisis at hand and doing a little altering here and there to fit their preferred argument for more restrictions?
The politicians, their wives, the activists and lobbyists should all be held accountable for the misinformation they are trying to spread to gain support for what they personally want, rather than what is necessarily for the good of the people.
It’s time that the “misinformation” be addressed, rather than merely ignoring or editing out inconvenient statements as first done by NBC & now ABC. It’s time truth and facts get air-time and Running Man like behavior stay in the movies where it belongs. This is, after all, “real life”, not some action movie meant to entertain for a couple of hours. On the other hand, the Running Man plot sure seems eerily familiar.