Tuesday, January 8, 2013

On the News...

So there I was watching the news on WTVD when they had a story on a NCSU emplyee who was arrested for having weapons on campus. Apparently, he had two pistols in his locker and an AR15 in his car. I don't have a problem with reporting this even though I don't see how this truely rates as news. It must have been a slow day in the newsroom. I do have a problem with Kelli O'Hara's need to sensationalize it. You see one of the pistols was "locked and loaded" and the rifle was the "exact same rifle as was used in Newtown". Which has exactly what to do with the story unless she knows something she not telling? She a "journalist" so we know that ain't so.

AND apparently no one could tell O'Hara whether the arrestee had a license for the weapons. Ms. O'Hara, in North Carolina you have tp have a premit to carry weapon concealed on your person. You do not have to have a "license" to own or carry a handgun or a rifle and maybe you should actually do your due diligence, ya know, research, before you report on subject matter you don't have a clue about. I think that's included in your job description.

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