Don’t make political hay out of shooting
In regard to Tim Schmidgall’s Fence Post Jan. 19, please provide your facts regarding your comment of “certain groups have been spreading lies, and hate,” which lead to the Tucson tragedy.
There isn’t a shred of evidence that the deranged Tucson massacre suspect ever listened to talk radio, cable news or cared about illegal immigration. The media did mention that he did not watch TV and he disliked the news;
(mediabistro.com/tvnewser/jared-loughners-friend-says-suspect-did-not-watch-tv-disliked-the-news_b48040).
After 300 exhaustive interviews by feds regarding this tragedy, they “remain stumped” about his motives, according to an article in the Jan. 18 Washington Post.
A certain group used this tragedy for their political gain instead of grieving for the victims, which is horrible. This gave Democratic Rep. James Clyburn an opportunity to press public officials to “rethink parameters on free speech” by bringing up the Fairness Doctrine. The American people can make up their own mind regarding what news and talk radio they listen to, and the ratings back it up. That is why Clyburn wants changes to make things fair for his political party. The America people are not stupid unless you listen to Bill Maher (postandcourier.com/news/2011/jan/10/clyburn-words-can-be-danger/).
Most people in our great country could tell that the shooting was done by a mad man and no one is to blame but himself. It’s a shame that this led to false accusations of numerous people — especially to Sarah Palin.
Carol Lung
Elgin