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Georgina Wagoner's avatar

Journalists use words like allegedly and apparent because they are not there to make an official statement. They are supposed to allow for official sources to do so. Your entire argument is based solely on the word “apparent” as if that means something besides “here’s what we think happened.” Quoting dystopian literature repeatedly is not objective. I’m not buying that you’re objective in the slightest.

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Sam Bailey's avatar

I appreciate the reminder to watch for signs that reality is being denied or tampered with, to trust first-hand sources and honor/record events in real time. I also appreciate when major media outlets to hold off on reporting definitively until they have confirmed information. And I REALLY appreciate it when they don't make their initial impressions disappear, but instead post new headlines as our knowledge develops.

Pops startle the crowd before they are confirmed to be gunshots, the president falls before we realize he was tackled in a protective secret service huddle, he is seen to be injured before he was known to have been shot.

I also still believe that, until we truly know the shooter's motives, this looks like an assassination attempt. Having watched many of the same videos and read much the same news and followed the same breathless cycle, it is apparent to me that this was an assassination attempt. I think appearances are correct here, but I don't blame news agencies for hanging a lantern on the fact that there is still so much we don't know.

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