“The news network CNN reportedly bowed to pressure from gun advocates when it redefined what constitutes a “school shooting” and lowered its estimate of the number of attacks since the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut from 74 to 15.
Think Progress reported that a column published Thursday on CNN.com took issue with numbers complied by Everytown for Gun Safety, a nonprofit group dedicated to curbing gun violence.
“After Tuesday’s shooting at an Oregon high school, many media outlets, including CNN, reported that there have been 74 school shootings in the past 18 months,” said the column. “So on Wednesday, CNN took a closer look at the list, delving into the circumstances of each incident Everytown included.””* Cenk Uygur, Ben Mankiewicz (Turner Classic Movies), John Iadarola (TYT University) and Richard Fowler (The Richard Fowler Show) break it down.
*Read more here from David Ferguson / Raw Story: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/06/13/cnn-cuts-school-shootings-since-newtown-from-74-to-15-to-appease-gun-advocates/
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Congrats on becoming your own network. (big fan) Do you guys have plans to fix the audio echo? Everyone sounds like they have no mic on and are talking in an empty room.