austinrealtor wrote:The lead brief in your “Central Texas Digest” crime blotter on page 2 of the Metro section November 19, 2010, is stunning example of laziness, ineptitude, parroting of authority, and likely an example of outright bias by your newspaper toward gun control.
Having observed the media for over three decades, while all of the above may play some role, I think 95% of the explanation is a deliberate servicing of the anti-gun agenda. While they may not know the difference between one kind of gun and another, and they undoubtedly parrot authority, their terminology is chosen to service their agenda, not to accurately convey information.