First of all, I personally would love to see more quality and reasonable debate on issues.

Secondly, the media STILL TO THIS DAY continue their assault...still maintain that this horrible shooting was a result of strong language by political debate.

This is more realistic..this article reviews what happened from day one....

"The dominant storyline in the press—one that persisted in the face of all the facts—was that right-wing hysteria and lunacy had given rise to Loughner’s atrocity. "

The author referred to President Obama's speech and comments that the onslaught and attacks should stop....it has not, at least not from where I am sitting. Now the media begins their discourse with AN ASSUMPTION that we all know that is how it started.

"Let’s go back to this Saturday. When news of the incident first broke, bloggers began to speculate that this was a Tea Party-related incident. No evidence of that emerged. Once a little more information trickled out, The New York Times and other outlets linked Loughner to a far-right publication called American Renaissance. That likewise had no basis in fact. Over the next day or two, as Loughner turned out to give off numerous indications of mental illness but very few of right-wing ideology, the dominant analysis became, “Okay maybe this guy was nuts, but, still, he was at least indirectly a product of a climate of political hysteria.”

http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/...izona-shooting

It mentions that on Monday, the New York Times actually used the word LEGITIMATE to describe the holding of the right wing...ALL right wing as responsible for this vile act.

This is a great article, and holds the media's feet to the fire and they deserve it, HOWEVER, as I type this there is reporting going on ASSUMING this was the fault of right wing folks.

No matter how well the President handled this event the other night, the Obermann's and the Matthew's of the world continue and it is now something that is accepted, much like everything bad was assumed about George Bush.

The media controls us....if you read any of the comments on this forum during the campaign, the election and the last two years, you read so much of a echo of what the media types tell us,and not what we actually feel.