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The shame — and hypocrisy — of CNN — Yesterday's horrific and senseless shooting of more than a dozen people in Tucson, including Representative Gabrielle Giffords, provided a look into the biases of much of the American media — and it was not just an ugly sight, but a shamefully hypocritical peek as well, as Byron York points out.
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The Arizona Tragedy and the Politics of Blood Libel — Those who purport to care about the tenor of political discourse don't help civil debate when they seize on any pretext to call their political opponents accomplices to murder. — Shortly after November's electoral defeat for the Democrats …
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Daly: Gifford's blood is on Palin's hands — Sarah Palin should've known what she was doing when she put a target on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (below). Palin might as well have said, ‘Fire!’ — Here is what Sarah Palin said on the Facebook page where she depicted Gabrielle Giffords …


Inexplicable Edits on Sarah Palin's Facebook Page — Sarah Palin has a reputation for being an agressive editor of comments on her Facebook page - a reputation that has always seemed likely accurate to me, given the tedious consistency with which all comments on the page are along the lines of “I love you SARAH!”
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Palin staffer calls using tragedy to score political points ‘obscene’


Unbelievable: Democrat Group Using Gifford's Shooting For Fundraiser!
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The Media & The Shooter — “The tea party movement won in November.
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A 'SURVEYOR'S SYMBOL'?.... On March 22, the day before the …
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Palin aide: ‘Never intended gun sights’
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Alexander Refuses To Condemn Palin's Cross-Hairs Map, Urges Media …
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U.S. Cites Evidence of Assassination Plot — TUCSON— Prosecutors accused Jared Lee Loughner, a troubled 22-year-old college dropout, of five serious federal charges on Sunday, including the attempted assassination of a member of Congress, for his role in a shootout that left 20 people wounded, six of them fatally, on Saturday morning.
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Latest on shooting of Congresswoman Giffords...motivation: anti Semitic and she was the target — Below is a note from my FNC colleague Jennifer Griffin: (by the way, the fact that my blogs focus on Congresswoman Giffords in no way is meant to take away from the other victims and their families.
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Carolyn McCarthy readies gun control bill
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It Doesn't Matter Why He Did It — Judging from his Internet …
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Jared Loughner YouTube Videos, MySpace Suggest Alleged Shooter …
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A disgrace to nuts everwhere
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Did Pot Trigger Giffords Shooting?
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Live Blog: Latest Developments on Arizona Shooting — The flag flew at half-staff at the Capitol on Sunday. — Representative Gabrielle Giffords remains in critical condition after being shot in the head at a meet-and-greet in her Tucson area neighborhood Saturday.
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The awesome stupidity of the calls to tamp down political speech in the wake of the Giffords shooting. — The attempted assassination of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and the killing of six innocents outside a Tucson Safeway has bolstered the ongoing argument that when speaking of things political …
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Arizona massacre suspect: ‘I planned ahead’ — Follow the latest developments on CNN's “This Just In” blog. Share your accounts, images from the shooting with CNN iReport. For more information visit CNN affiliates KGUN, KOLD, KVOA, KPHO and KMSB. — (CNN) — The suspect in the weekend massacre …
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Sheriff Dupnik's criticism of political ‘vitriol’ resonates with public
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Rhetorical Excess — I couldn't help but notice Arizona …
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Until Saturday's rampage against Rep. Gabrielle Giffords left …
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Violence and threats have no place in democracy
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Born on Sept. 11, Claimed by a New Horror — Christina Green was on the student council of her elementary school, so on Saturday her mother's friend thought she might enjoy seeing government in action: the local congresswoman meeting with constituents outside a supermarket near Christina's home.
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Jared Loughner's behavior recorded by college classmate in e-mails — In early June, Lynda Sorenson, 52, had gone back to community college in Tucson in hopes of getting back on the job market. One of her classes was a basic algebra class—and one of her classmates was Jared Loughner …
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Jared Loughner's college instructor: I was worried he might have a gun in class
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Jared Lee Loughner's statements tied to conspiracy theory — Jared Lee Loughner's rants about grammar and mind control track closely to the writings of a conspiracy theorist who believes that is how the government controls the populace, one leading group says - and the man tells POLITICO he agrees with some of Loughner's statements.
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Report: DHS says shooting suspect ‘possibly linked’ to anti-Semitic group
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House Dem calls for ‘beefed up’ security, special treatment for members by TSA — A top House Democrat said the attack on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) should change how members of Congress are screened at airports. — “I really believe that that is the place where we feel the most ill at ease …
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Daniel Hernandez, intern, stays by Gabrielle Giffords' side — UA student pulls her into lap, holds head to stop bleeding — Daniel Hernandez had been U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' intern for five days when she was shot Saturday outside Tucson. — The junior at the University of Arizona …

Shooting prompts legislation to protect lawmakers, officials — Washington (CNN) - Rep. Robert Brady, D-Pennsylvania, said he will introduce legislation making it a federal crime for a person to use language or symbols that could be perceived as threatening or inciting violence against a Member of Congress or federal official.
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