Media silence racist right wingers

[TheSanityAnnex]

http://dailycaller.com/2015/02/13/mi...ing-published/


Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg has successfully blocked video from a controversial talk he gave at the Aspen Ins ute last week from being posted online.
At the Ins ute’s Feb. 5 event, the pro-gun control multi-billionaire suggested keeping guns out of the hands of young, male minorities.
Ninety-five percent of murders are attributed to the group, said Bloomberg, who has spend tens of millions of dollars on various gun control initiatives, including the group Everytown for Gun Safety.
“These kids think they’re going to get killed anyway because all their friends are getting killed,” Bloomberg said at the summit. “They just don’t have any long-term focus or anything. It’s a joke to have a gun. It’s a joke to pull a trigger.”
Various national media outlets jumped on the pointed comments, for both the pro-gun control sentiment and the racial aspect.
Perhaps because of that response, Bloomberg, who founded the massive Bloomberg L.P. media empire, has asked both the Aspen Ins ute and GrassRoots TV, the company that filmed the event, to refrain from broadcasting footage of the talk, according to The Aspen Times.
The Aspen Ins ute, which regularly hosts movers’ and shakers’ policy talks, accommodated Bloomberg’s request. To
“We basically honor the wishes of our speakers and Mayor Bloomberg preferred that we not use the video for broadcast,” Jim Spiegelman, chief external affairs officer for the Aspen Ins ute told The Aspen Times. “He did not give a reason nor did we have any reason to ask for one. We often feature speakers who prefer that their presentations not be videotaped.”
GrassRoots TV executive director Jim Masters was not necessarily pleased with the request — which he called “frustrating” — but will still comply.
“We’re not pleased about it,” Masters told The Times. “We wish that people who could not make it [to the Ins ute] and could not afford to be there — they should be able to participate in that information also.”
During his talk, Bloomberg also discussed “stop-and-frisk,” a policing practice he advocated and expanded during his mayoral tenure. He said that one way to deal with the issue of gun proliferation among young, minority males is to “throw them up against the wall and frisk them.”
Bloomberg’s comments prompted a response from the New York State Rifle & Pistol Association.
“Mayor Bloomberg’s statement that black males should not be allowed to have guns echos similar sentiments made by southern white supremacists in the 19th century,” Tom King, the association’s president, said in a statement, according to the Washington Times. “So-called ‘Black Codes’ were enacted by various southern states to discriminate against black Americans and maintain the system of white supremacy that made slavery possible. These included restrictions on firearms possession.”
“If a politician said this about anything other than guns, the mainstream media would be all over them,” King added. “Michael Bloomberg isn’t just any politician, he is the leading voice for gun control in America. He should be held accountable for this slander.”
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[TheSanityAnnex]

"It's controversial, but first thing is all of your — 95 percent of your murders, and murderers, and murder victims fit one [unintelligible]. You can just take the description, Xerox it, and pass it out to all of the cops. They are male, minorities, 15 to 25. That's true in New York, it's true in virtually every city in America," said Bloomberg. "You've got to get the guns out of the hands of the people getting killed," he continued. "First thing you can do to help that group is to keep them alive."

[ChumpDumper]

How did the media silence anything here?

[TheSanityAnnex]

Media silence, as in crickets.

[Winehole23]

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=75978

[Th'Pusher]

Media silence, as in crickets.

extremely poorly worded le, as in it's possible you're barely literate.

[TheSanityAnnex]

I was extremely concerned about the le of the thread.

This thread is going as expected

[Winehole23]

Media silence, as in crickets.

did a story get ed, or a did an obvious non-story just get exaggerated?

matter of perspective, I guess.

[ChumpDumper]

Media silence, as in crickets.

How big a story do you think this should be?

I think your email list is about the right level tbh.

[Th'Pusher]

[TheSanityAnnex]

How big a story do you think this should be?

I think your email list is about the right level tbh.

Considering the office he held, the millions he's poured into anti-gun groups, and the influence he has on politics I think it should be a much bigger story.

Always amuses me me when the usual suspects talk about anything but the OP.

[ElNono]

People have disagreed with his methods, but Bloomberg does have a solid track record on crime in NY while he was the Mayor.

Personally, I never agreed with the stop & frisk policy or the erosion of cons utional rights, but he has gotten results doing it his way.

[TheSanityAnnex]

Will moms demand action distance themselves from him? Will every town for gun safety cut off the millions a year in funding? Will mayors against illegal guns support this racist?

[TheSanityAnnex]

People have disagreed with his methods, but Bloomberg does have a solid track record on crime in NY while he was the Mayor.

Personally, I never agreed with the stop & frisk policy or the erosion of cons utional rights, but he has gotten results doing it his way.

Getting warmer

[ElNono]

Getting warmer

uh?

[Th'Pusher]

Considering the office he held, the millions he's poured into anti-gun groups, and the influence he has on politics I think it should be a much bigger story.

Emotional, tbh.

[TheSanityAnnex]

uh?

Bloomberg has a solid point no?

[ChumpDumper]

Considering the office he held, the millions he's poured into anti-gun groups, and the influence he has on politics I think it should be a much bigger story.

How many millions?

And can you quantify his actual influence on politics right now? This is the first I've heard about him in months.

Always amuses me me when the usual suspects talk about anything but the OP.

What is there to talk about? Bloomberg always struck me as paternalistic, but your overreacting always amuses me -- especially when "the media" doesn't act like you think it should.

[ChumpDumper]

Oh, TSA just wants everything to be about race.

I get it.

But if he thinks Bloomberg has a solid point when he calls for gun control, who am I to argue?

[TheSanityAnnex]

Emotional, tbh.

called it

[Th'Pusher]

This thread is going as expected

[TheSanityAnnex]

Oh, TSA just wants everything to be about race.

I get it.

But if he thinks Bloomberg has a solid point when he calls for gun control, who am I to argue?

try adding something of substance to the thread...do you agree with Bloomberg's statement?

[ChumpDumper]

try adding something of substance to the thread...do you agree with Bloomberg's statement?

What could I add after you said you think Bloomberg has a point when making a call for stronger gun control?

I must say I'm surprised.

[TheSanityAnnex]

What could I add after you said you think Bloomberg has a point when making a call for stronger gun control?

I must say I'm surprised.

That is not an answer to the question. Try again.

[ElNono]

Bloomberg has a solid point no?

I don't really know. I haven't seen figures that illustrate that point. I do think that keeping guns from mentally unstable individuals is probably a good idea, but I doubt the guns he's referring to come from legal channels.