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The practice of journalism as an objective excercise is dead. It has been for some time, if it ever existed.
Not hours after the bombings did these vultures begin spinning:
By: Dana Loesch (Diary) | April 16th, 2013
The practice of journalism as an objective excercise is dead. It has been for some time, if it ever existed.
Not hours after the bombings did these vultures begin spinning:
Read more WITH LINKS @ The Grotesque Politicization Of The Boston Bombing | RedState
Do we expect anything different?
"The American people refuse to be terrorized. Because what the world saw yesterday in the aftermath of the explosions were stories of heroism and kindness and generosity and love, the president said in the White House briefing room. He pointed to exhausted marathon runners who raced to area hospitals to donate blood, others who stayed to help the wounded, some tearing off their own clothes to make tourniquets. He cited first responders who ran into the chaos to save lives, medical staff still treating the wounded, religious leaders who tended to the fearful, and the good people of Boston who opened their homes. If you want to know who we are, what America is, how we respond to evil, thats it: selflessly, compassionately, unafraid, Obama said.
"This was a heinous and cowardly act, and given what we now know about what took place, the FBI is investigating it as an act of terrorism," Obama said. "Anytime bombs are used to target innocent civilians, it is an act of terror." "What we don't yet know, however, is who carried out this attack or why, whether it was planned and executed by a terrorist organization, foreign or domestic, or was the act of a malevolent individual," he said. "Clearly, we are at the beginning of our investigation. It will take time to follow every lead and determine what happenedbut we will find out." "We will find whoever harmed our citizens, and we will bring them to justice."
Obama also ordered American flags flying over government facilities at home and overseas to be lowered to half-staff. Aides lowered the Stars and Stripes fluttering in the overcast Washington sky over the White House and the adjacent Eisenhower Executive Office Building. The blasts, captured in dramatic videos and photographs, ripped through crowds of onlookers near the races finish line. The official toll includes more than 170 wounded, 17 critically, and three fatalities including an 8-year-old boy.
Obama spoke after receiving his latest briefing on the response and investigation from top national security aides including FBI Director Robert Mueller, Attorney General Eric Holder, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, and Lisa Monaco, the assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism.
Obama: ?Evil? Boston bombings were act of terror
But Obama and his staff still appear to be puzzling over when and how to call an attack a terrorist act and when to wait for a clear determination of the motives behind one. Hours after the Boston Marathon bombing, Obama appeared in the Brady briefing room to assure the nation that whoever carried it out would feel the full weight of justice. He did not characterize the attack as terrorism, advising instead that the public shouldnt jump to conclusions before we have all the facts. It was the caution of a president who once snapped at a reporter during a news conference, I like to know the facts before I speak.
Not long after Obamas appearance, though, a senior White House official e-mailed reporters to make clear that the Boston bombings will be approached as an act of terror. The official said the multiple explosive devices placed at the marathon finish line were telltale signs of deliberate terrorism. On Tuesday morning, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel called the Boston strike a cruel act of terror. A senior administration official said Tuesday that based on all the available evidence at the time, it was a very reasonable assumption that this was an act of terror.
But White House officials said the evidence must be definitive for the president to use the term when speaking to a national television audience in the midst of a crisis. The flexibility available to White House officials, though, allowed the administration to clarify what they didnt feel Obama should that the attack was assumed to be terrorism and that the government would operate its investigation under that assumption. Obama spoke Tuesday morning on the attack, calling it heinous and cowardly. Given what we now know of what took place, the FBI is investigating it as an act of terrorism, Obama said.
The terrorism term has been used subjectively for years, not only in the post-9/11 era but in conflict zones around the globe. Labeling a group or a state as terrorist has legal implications within the U.S. government, and for companies who may be doing business with those so classified.
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Heroism maybe but how did the aftermath of the explosions turn into stories of "kindness, generosity and love"? Poor choice of words unless you are pandering to a particular segment of society that defends Columbia U. for hiring a former domestic terrorist who killed four people in cold blood including two Police Officers. It's no secret that the radical left considers Ayers, Boudin, and Dohern as well as other unrepentant (former)domestic revolutionary bombers to be heroes.
By: Dana Loesch (Diary) | April 16th, 2013
The practice of journalism as an objective excercise is dead. It has been for some time, if it ever existed.
Not hours after the bombings did these vultures begin spinning:
Read more WITH LINKS @ The Grotesque Politicization Of The Boston Bombing | RedState
Do we expect anything different?
