FL Snuff Video -

Man with gun at school board meeting . . .

It was bad enough we were experiencing a severe cold snap. Then, to make matters even worse, TV stations here in South Florida were broadcasting a sensational snuff video, showing a man committing suicide in public.

In more normal parts of America, most News Directors and Station Managers, we presume, would ban the airing of snuff videos as a violation of Broadcasting Standards.

The story the news readers on TV were telling us was an obvious fairytale they had fabricated solely for the purpose of justifying their unscrupulous airing of this video, an act which was clearly a breach of public decency.

Their fairytale changed on an almost hourly basis, but about midway through this news cycle, one reporter, anxious to embroider the pseudo-scoop, contributed this pseudo-factoid which added nothing that explained the video:

"The V is from a movie about revenge.
This crazed gunman was bent on revenge."

Oh. Is that why our local TV stations refused to run the audio from that videotape - just in case the real words used on it contradicted the fairytale they were dishing out to us?

Then they "explained" to us that there is no paper record that his wife was ever employed in the school system, he doesn't even have a wife, and it was all in his imagination.

From that point on, instead of reporting facts, they initiated a mysterious campaign to glorify the school board members and demonize the gunman as a criminal, a lunatic, and a bum.

To date, this story has not been reported here in South Florida as a news story filled with verifiable facts.

Remember, remember, the Fifth of November . . .

I found this entire episode very disturbing. It's even more disturbing that they've gotten away with it, but I have to wonder how far across the country this rot has spread.

Anybody even curious about the actual facts yet?

Noooo, of course not. Next story, please.

:: Romenesko ::

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