We've not had a supermarket shooting for ages have we?

Colleges, schools - yes.

US congresswoman got brains blown out apparently (6 others dead too).

Only in Yankerland ......

Thanks ITK,

How do you know she was killed?

Best Wishes,
Jim

Jim wrote:
Thanks ITK,

How do you know she was killed?

Best Wishes,
Jim

Seems she wasn't, Jim. First reports spoke of "fatal" shootings and refered to Congresswoman - now appears the fatalities were in 6 others (although the Congresswoman is still critical).

Thanks ITK, you write:

"First reports spoke of "fatal" shootings and refered to Congresswoman"

It would have been helpful if, in your first post, you had linked to the reports you had in mind.

Best Wishes,
Jim

Initial reports said the congresswoman had been killed.

Jim wrote:
Thanks ITK, you write:

"First reports spoke of "fatal" shootings and refered to Congresswoman"

It would have been helpful if, in your first post, you had linked to the reports you had in mind.

Best Wishes,
Jim

Jim

Initial reports (esp of Breaking News) are often a little confused and lacking in detail.

Thanks ITK, you write:

"Initial reports (esp of Breaking News) are often a little confused and lacking in detail."

Indeed. That's exactly why it is helpful to link to them. Readers can then judge for themselves whether they support your claims.

Best Wishes,
Jim

I hope this gets the same coverage.

In the interests of balance, Angel, you might have mentioned the fact that the wheelchair bound guy actually got out of his chair and walked around at one point.

The cops were called because he was slashing tyres in the street. Oh, and he also stabbed one of the cops.

I'm no fan of plod, but you can't really blame them.

On an (almost) different topic, Tucson is one of my favourite US cities.

Jim wrote:
Thanks ITK, you write:

"Initial reports (esp of Breaking News) are often a little confused and lacking in detail."

Indeed. That's exactly why it is helpful to link to them. Readers can then judge for themselves whether they support your claims.

Best Wishes,
Jim

But Jim - they are not "my claims" - they are claims made by the media (radio etc) in the heat of the moment - and later retracted or ammended !

JK2006 wrote:
On an (almost) different topic, Tucson is one of my favourite US cities.

Worth reading the frontpage editorial / comment in the Independent, which portrays the USA as a sick, valueless society.

Anyone seen the list of "most read / shared" items on the BBC website ?

The list (at 16.10) is -

Shared -
1: Undercover officer switches sides

2: Eta rebels call 'permanent truce'

3: Fury over doctor's book on sex education for Muslims

4: How far will an electric car go?

5: Edinburgh Zoo panda deal clinched

Read
1: Leader of paedophile ring jailed

2: Police criticised for 'native' Pc

3: Are the Beckhams more likely to have another boy?

4: Carcass photos force park changes

5: Edinburgh Zoo panda deal clinched

6: Solicitors charged with £1m theft

7: How far will an electric car go?

8: US mourns Arizona shooting dead

Proving (conclusively !) that the people in the UK are not the slightest interested in how many Yankers shoot each other - and are far more interested in animal welfare at Edinburgh Zoo !

Plissken wrote:
In the interests of balance, Angel, you might have mentioned the fact that the wheelchair bound guy actually got out of his chair and walked around at one point.

The cops were called because he was slashing tyres in the street. Oh, and he also stabbed one of the cops.

I'm no fan of plod, but you can't really blame them.



The cops shot a man in a wheelchair the back. There was no other option? Get real.

Angel, have you actually read any of the news reports detailing what actaully happened...?

www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0106-sf...0106,0,1005986.story

Read this, and then tell me they could have done something differently.

Of course, they could have shot to kill. But they didn't.