USA Today just went full retard....

[socalnonsage]

So, during my morning routine of getting coffee from the local convenience mart, I happen to look over at the newsstands and right on top was USA Today's full front page in black and red showing a picture of a (hysterically) crying teacher of Newtown with the headline of "BEHIND THE BLOODSHED" - NEARLY 1/3 OF ALL MASS KILLING'S VICTIMS ARE CHILDREN."

What. The. F*ck.

Here's the corresponding piece on their website

I'm tired of the media (and their political owners) standing on the backs of the dead to further their agendas....

EDIT to Add: The linked online story does not contain (much) bias against guns but it sure does have an anti overtone in that most of the focus is on the actual events and the tools used to commit them. There's a great deal of emphasis on the perception of guns=evil.

[cpatbay]

Yes, including those killed by governments in human history ...

[POLICESTATE]

NEARLY 1/3 OF ALL MASS KILLING'S VICTIMS ARE CHILDREN

So what? This is hardly news.

[POLICESTATE]

I don't see the problem... Mass shootings are a problem in the US. They simply stated the fact that 1/3 of the victims are children which makes this an even more serious problem.

Just because were gun owners doesn't mean we have to burry our heads in the sand when it comes to the subject of mass shootings.

They didn't say "shootings" they said "killings"

They probably should have said "shootings" but I'm glad they didn't, makes it easier to crap on their crappy crap.

Shootings are a much smaller context than killings, especially with the background of human history. Children being approximately 1/4-1/3 of most populations are naturally going to be killed in large numbers by war/famine/disease/criminals.

[SWalt]

I don't see the problem... Mass shootings KILLINGS are a problem in the US. They simply stated the fact that 1/3 of the victims are children which makes this an even more serious problem.

Just because were gun owners doesn't mean we have to burry our heads in the sand when it comes to the subject of mass shootings.

FIFY

Its not about shootings.....its about murder/killing as a whole. Not only that but it reports how the definition of mass killings varies and mistakes in reporting them.

[NorCalAthlete]

I don't see the problem... Mass shootings are a problem in the US.

No, actually they're not. Do they happen? Yes. They also kill less children than accidental drowning.

http://www.cdc.gov/safechild/NAP/overviews/drowning.html

Not saying it's not tragic when children do die in a brutal manner such as a "mass shooting" but let's not bury our heads in a different pile of sand.

[1meanchevy]

Was wondering when the Sandy Hook aniversary media greif porn bananza would start, let the games begin.

[BigJ]

All good point from above aside, a few of my rabid anti gun "friends" have linked the digital version of this article to me already, saying "see why we need more gun control?"

So, make no mistake, the USA Today generation of quick-hit-never-read-past-the-headline-instant-experts out there are immediately seeing this fine piece of journalism as justification to rekindle their anti gun fire.

[timdps]

I bet the percentage of children killed with knives in mass killings in China is higher than 1/3. The issue has nothing to do with guns...

T

[Sutcliffe]

Hate to break it to ya

I don't think USA today 'Just' went full retard. Been that way since their inception.

[socalnonsage]

I don't think USA today 'Just' went full retard. Been that way since their inception.

Touche

[BKinzey]

I noticed they said a mass killing is 4 or more people. I did look at a few individual stories and noticed the 4th person to die was the perp when they committed suicide or when the police shot them. I think they should have clearly stated that in their definition.

I didn't see any where somebody killed 3 people and the perp was killed by a victim(s) but I suppose they would count that as a mass killing.

One of the killings was a guy chasing 5 people in a car. The car wrecked and killed all 5 passengers. I see a difference between that and the guy deliberately killing all 5 by, say, tossing a bomb in the car.

[blazeaglory]

Children, ie; 13-18 gang banger age

[ja308]

These libtards should be lamenting not one school employee had the means to stop a madman !

I always request USA today NOT litter the door in front of any hotel room I happen to stay at. If it's there, I will carefully push it off to the side with my foot and call the front desk, to request this garbage be cleaned up !

USA today like all the other anti rights rags is just another wing of the democrat party ! They have zero relevance in most lives !

[SMarquez]

If a "family planning" doctor terminated 3 pregnancies in a day would that make him a mass murderer? So many people are fine with killing kids in an abortion clinic but not after they are born. Stupid.