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> boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Chad Perrin
> Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 2:36 PM
> To: firearmsregprof@lists.ucla.edu
> Subject: Re: Media lies, distortions, and innocent errors (and imprecision)
>
> On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 09:58:14AM -0800, Volok
On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 09:58:14AM -0800, Volokh, Eugene wrote:
> Joe: I'm just not sure that this sort of imprecision - use "permit" to
> mean "concealed carry license," even though on its face it could mean
> "gun ownership permit" - would advance the reporter's supposed anti-gun
> bias. And th
rearmsregprof@lists.ucla.edu"
Sent: Tue, February 16, 2010 10:32:58 AM
Subject: RE: Media lies, distortions, and innocent errors
I appreciate Joe’s general point, and it may well be
correct. My point was simply that this particular imprecision was probably not
an ex
It is important to recognize that almost all of these misstatements
originally come from press releases, mostly issued by agencies of
government. Although reporters do sometimes insert misstatements on
their own, the odds are this one came from the local cops, or also
likely, from the FBI or ot
ehalf Of Joseph E. Olson
Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 10:25 AM
To: firearmsregprof@lists.ucla.edu
Subject: RE: Media lies, distortions, and innocent errors
Eugene is less cynical that I am. And that's a good thing.
It's the consistency of errors, all in the same direction (even if a
Eugene is less cynical that I am. And that's a good thing.
It's the consistency of errors, all in the same direction (even if a few
boomerang like this one), that raises my suspicions.
BTW, I had no suspecion until the day in 1994 (or thereabouts) when a
Minneapolis Tribune reporter told me that
uesday, February 16, 2010 9:30 AM
To: firearmsregprof@lists.ucla.edu
Subject: Re: Media lies, distortions, and innocent errors
Old saying in military intelligence -- "Once is error, twice is coincidence,
three times is enemy action [i.e., deliberate]."
People in the media continuousl
Of Joseph E. Olson
Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 9:30 AM
To: firearmsregprof@lists.ucla.edu
Subject: Re: Media lies, distortions, and innocent errors
Old saying in military intelligence -- "Once is error, twice is coincidence,
three times is enemy action [i.e., deliberate]."
People in th
:36 AM
To: Volokh, Eugene; firearmsregprof@lists.ucla.edu
Subject: RE: Media lies, distortions, and innocent errors
Yes, there are sometimes innocent errors, but most of the media are not above
becoming cultural warriors.
Ray Kessler
Prof. of Criminal Justice
Sul Ross State Univ.
From: firearmsregpr
, Eugene
Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 11:09 AM
To: 'firearmsregprof@lists.ucla.edu'
Subject: Media lies, distortions, and innocent errors
I agree that the media often errs badly, especially about
guns but also otherwise. Check out the Boston Globe article about Bishop
Old saying in military intelligence -- "Once is error, twice is
coincidence, three times is enemy action [i.e., deliberate]."
People in the media continuously make this same "error." It's hard to
believe they could all by honestly mistaken (especially a local Alabama
reporter like the AP stringer
I agree that the media often errs badly, especially about guns
but also otherwise. Check out the Boston Globe article about Bishop's killing
her brother 24 years before: "the girl had fought with her brother in the 1986
incident, then shot him with a shotgun and fled down the st
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