The Usual Dishonesty From the New York Times
In a tiresome New York Times article today about NYC Mayor Michael Blowhard’s efforts to enact national gun control policies, the writer states:
The growing group, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, now more than 180 mayors representing 50 million Americans, sent a signal that it was “seeking common solutions on this issue, not the same old tired divisive debates that have dominated Washington for far too long,” he added.
But Mr. Bloomberg is trying to win those debates by redefining gun control as common-sense crime prevention rather than an effete Northeastern liberal attack on Second Amendment rights. Toward that end, he set the stage in a Midwestern state that borders the South, with a show of support from Ray Schoenke of the American Hunters and Shooters Association and references to the mayors’ group’s diversity in party affiliation, geography and size.
The writer fails to mention that the AHSA is an anti-second amendment group run by the likes of MA gun grabber John Rosenthal. Why? Because by leaving that fact out, Times readers who don’t like guns or the NRA will say to themselves, “See, even hunting organizations are for gun control.”
Also, the “180 mayors” may be mayors of cities totaling 50 million residents but they sure as shit don’t represent the views of all of those 50 million people regarding gun control.
Update: Needless to say, the NY Times also hasn’t mentioned that, as Sebastion at Snowflakes in Hell points out, the AHSA is paying people to protest the NRA convention!
8 Responses to “The Usual Dishonesty From the New York Times”
on 13 Apr 2007 at 9:04 am # Dan
“In making the announcement at the police academy here, Mr. Bloomberg was accompanied by Mayor Mark Mallory of Cincinnati and other mayors from the region who have recently joined Mr. Bloomberg’s national coalition on illegal guns, which law enforcement officials say are contributing to a rise in violent crime”
- Can I take it from this paragraph that the “law enforcement officials” are saying that Bloomberg’s national coalition on illegal guns are contributing to a rise in violent crime?
on 13 Apr 2007 at 9:05 am # Walt
This meeting was held in Illinois where, surprise surprise, the headquarters for The Joyce Foundation is located. Visiting their web site you will see that over the past couple of years they donated over 5 million dollars to Illinois and Wisconsin anti gun groups and an additional 2 1/2 Million to D.C. based anti gun groups including a huge amount to The International Association of Chiefs of Police. If the POs working for these chiefs took the money from an outside source to lie to their various legislative bodies, they would be up on charges or fired for bribery. The chiefs have been taking the money for years with no consequenses. Time to let the cat out of the bag.
on 13 Apr 2007 at 10:24 am # Walt
This is copied from The Joyce Foundation grant list:
Mayors Fund to Advance New York City
New York, NY
Amount: $175,000.00
Length: 1 year
“To organize a coalition of mayors from around the country to promote national, state, and local policies, litigation, and law enforcement strategies aimed at reducing the flow of illegal guns into cities.”
on 13 Apr 2007 at 10:31 am # Walt
theiacp.orgtheiacp.orgThis is also copied from The Joyce Foundation grant list:
International Association of Chiefs of Police
Alexandria, VA
Amount: $375,000.00
Length: 7 months
URL: www.theiacp.org
To convene the Great Lakes States Summit on Gun Violence in April 2007.
International Association of Chiefs of Police
Alexandria, VA
Amount: $174,788.00
Length: 9 mos.
URL: www.theiacp.org
To expand a Midwest-based advisory group of law enforcement leaders interested in promoting gun violence prevention policies and practices, and to plan a possible regional summit of Midwest law enforcement, elected officials, and other stakeholders on gun violence prevention.
on 13 Apr 2007 at 11:33 am # Sebastian-PGP
Walt,
Thanks for the help on this topic, I’m glad somebody noticed that. I blogged it on PGP with a hat tip to Jeff.
Keep up the good work, y’all.
on 13 Apr 2007 at 1:36 pm # Walt
joycefdn.orgHere is the URL for The Joyce Foundation:
http://www.joycefdn.org/
Go there, click the Grant List tab and click Gun Violence on the drop down program catagory menu.
This is one of the reasons Illinois and Wisconsin are the only two states remaining without RTC.
on 13 Apr 2007 at 1:58 pm # Rorschach
Bill White certainly does not speak for me or for that matter most people in my precinct. what I want to know is, how much are the dues, and how is Bill White paying them?
on 14 Apr 2007 at 12:39 am # jeremiah
“redefining gun control as common-sense crime prevention rather than an effete Northeastern liberal attack on Second Amendment rights.”
That’s a great slip-up. 10 years ago gun control was always “common-sense”. How, in the last ten years, has it become known as an effete NE lib attack on the 2nd amendment? Think of how much ground the gun grabbers have lost.
A lot of this change came about because institutions like the effete, NE, liberal NYTimes are no longer able to define terms as they see fit.