Here is my comment posted to the ABC website and sent to the ABC email in-box. I am sure it hits the trash can immediately, but it makes me feel better. At least I am in very good company on the comments. The major portion of them are lambasting the show.
Congratulations ABC 20/20, you have just presented yellow journalism at its best. In your ‘If I Only Had a Gun’ episode there were so many of the situations that were edited in a way to heavily slant toward an anti-gun agenda. It is clear your intentions are to promote guns as evil. Watching the show left me very disappointed in your claim of fair and honest reporting. While there were some truths broadcast, I can’t even begin to list all of the inaccuracies in the episode. It was clear your intent was to broadcast them as accurate, when it is known by the producers and staff they aren’t factual, but will hold the viewer’s attention from the shock factor. Let's take one example, your ‘Shooting Under Fire’ scenario.
Pitting rank amateurs, who have little to no firearms experience, against a highly trained tactical police instructor is asinine. The attacker KNEW who the armed person was and where they were sitting. The poor defender didn’t even have a chance. It’s like putting Diane Sawyer against Michael Jordan in a dunking contest; you have rigged the contest to guarantee the outcome will be as expected. It was clearly evident this situation was set-up to purposely fail.
I challenge you to try a real experiment with an attacker who has average marksmanship skills, similar to the shooters involved in the recent mass shootings. Pit them against a person who has a concealed carry license and has regularly practiced his/her skills, such as drawing from a concealed holster and shooting at moving targets. THEN you will have a more realistic scenario and a fairly level playing field that a person who is armed would likely face.
Let’s see some true reporting on issues, and not something that reeks of personal agendas and tries to unfairly sway viewers on a subject.
Search found 2 matches
Return to “ABC 20/20 "Guns in America"”
- Sat Apr 11, 2009 4:37 pm
- Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
- Topic: ABC 20/20 "Guns in America"
- Replies: 72
- Views: 9406
- Mon Apr 06, 2009 2:41 pm
- Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
- Topic: ABC 20/20 "Guns in America"
- Replies: 72
- Views: 9406
ABC 20/20 "Guns in America"
ABC is doing a lot of coverage on the recent shootings in Binghamton and PA. 20/20 is covering it this coming Friday night. Will be interesting to see how they try to spin it. From the brief pieces I saw they may try to exploit the 'gun show loophole' and straw purchases as to the ease of obtaining a firearm by BG's.
http://abcnews.go.com/2020" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://abcnews.go.com/2020" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;