Study Claims Network News Exploited Las Vegas To Push Gun Control Agenda

By Tom Knighton

Immediately following Las Vegas, gun rights activists knew gun control supporters would go on the offensive. Those same gun rights activists knew the mainstream media was unlikely to serve as an ally. Now, a study seems to confirm what so many already suspected.

The network news programs may well have exploited the Las Vegas tragedy to push their gun control agenda.

In the aftermath of the Las Vegas mass shooting, ABC, CBS and NBC “wasted little time in exploiting the tragedy to advance their anti-gun rights agenda,” writes Geoffrey Dickens, deputy research director for the Media Research Center, who released a study on Monday reviewing the coverage.

“In just six days of coverage, the networks filled their evening and morning show programs with statements favoring gun control over gun rights by a ratio of roughly 5 to 1,” Mr. Dickens said following a close analysis of all comments and statements that took any position on gun policy by anchors, reporters and guests — beginning on the morning of October 2 through the morning of October 8.

In total, there were over 30 minutes of statements which supported increased gun control — and about six minutes which took gun …Read the Rest

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