Another example of why we claim HuffPost is the Internet’s #1 largest* inciter of hatred.
(*It is the #1 most widely-read, advertiser-supported “news” site in the world.)Here was HuffPost’s front page at 5:00pm on Friday, July 20:
Note the copy by the arrow: “Gun Lobby Counts On Short Attention Span: How You Can Help.” A “news” story with this strange theme was also positioned just beneath that screaming headline:
We went to the story page, and found out that this “news” story was written by one of HuffPost’s most notorious, malicious smear-merchants, Dan Froomkin, whom it claims is its “Senior Washington Correspondent.”
So upon what evidence did HuffPost (Froomkin) base that shocking allegation — that the “Gun Lobby Counts On Short Attention Span”?
Did the “gun lobby” do or say something since the Colorado massacre that would give rise to such a shocking allegation? Not unless you consider something in this statement — the only one that the NRA issued — to constitute a secret message:
“Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims, their families and the community,” an NRA spokesman told the Examiner. “NRA will not have any further comment until all the facts are known.”
Did you see anything in there that would indicate the “Gun Lobby Counts On Short Attention Span”? Neither did we.
Turns out this “news” story is based on nothing but an empty accusation by a gun-control activist — issued while the victims’ bodies in Colorado were still warm:
“You don’t ever want a crisis to go to waste. ” – Rahm Emanuel
Not a big surprise.
Honest people cringe when tragedies like this happen. Why? Because we know that the onslaught of politically motivated stories and statements can be overwhelming, and cannot be dealt with rationally and objectively.
As ABC has proved, just the morning after the incident, even smearing an innocent man’s name is on the table, as long as it promotes their agenda.
I’m sure that ABC and HuffPo won’t be the last of them, either, and that we can expect our resident liberal/progressives to spin and twist what has been said by these degenerates into some kind of “innocent discussion on possibilities” rather than what it really is.