Perhaps we need to recognize what that badge stood for, and start removing them from public spaces.
from the Daily Mail:
Flanagan, 41, clashed repeatedly with photojournalists, belittling them in public and intimidating them with his violent temper, according to internal reports.
He was also censured for wearing an Obama sticker while recording a segment at a polling booth during the 2012 US Presidential Election – a clear breach of journalistic impartiality.
The complaints are outlined in court papers seen by Daily Mail Online that include a scathing performance review carried out prior to his termination in Feb 2013.
If you follow the media coverage of these tragic stories, you’lll notice a defining characteristic: only Right Wing Murderers are driven to their crimes by politics. If an insane gunman listened to talk radio, or Fox News, that’s usually the headline. Brian Ross had to apologize after the Colorado theater shooting, for claiming the murderer belonged to the Tea Party.
But when a killer is a Liberal, it’s usually the gun, or a lack of Republican Congressional support for Mental Health that’s to blame for the crime. Even stranger, is the claim that mainstream media is unbiased. I think that’s the real reason why this guy got in trouble for wearing an Obama badge. He was blatant about it.
It is noted that blacks killing whites are downplayed. And the fact that Twitter, FB, and every other unethical media source has posted and reposted the murders. The fact that the victums are white and liberals are not reflected on. I have heard 3-4 discussions of the murders and they seem to dwell on the poor sick killer. Hmmmm. The Web Media does not control content very much and “encourages” postings of this nature by relying on the poster themselves to screen the material. In effect, not screening anything that goes on their sites. It’s great to be irresponsible when you’re making billions at it. Sort of like portn.