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cato wrote:
Other then the typical BS of calling a semi-autiAR an "assault weapon", I generally liked it. They did pick a great woman to represent our side!
Excellent and even-handed piece. I was kind of shocked. It might even be evaluated as a
pro-EBR piece because of the Ferns woman's persuasiveness as a role model and the lack of incendiary language and conclusions in the reporting.
Very well done.
I'll bet the Brady Campaign is not pleased this morning...
Also, the introducing announcer did not call it an
"assault weapon." Theterm he did useseems to have been a carefully chosen one. And it waspretty reasonable use of language in referring to the rifle.With one exception by the reporter (and that was understandable, given the reference to the 1994 law), the references to the rifle were proper and unbiased.
There was
nothing wrong with thelanguage usedin the piece that I could discern.
We should alll drop NBC News a line thanking them for a (surprise) well done video report on these kinds of rifles and the relevant issues. It was both very well done and fair to gun/rights advocates.
I did notice the continuity error in one of thefiring scenes. Kind of odd they stuck that in there. Easy to spot the difference. I guess the filmeditor figured nobody would notice...