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wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam4/02/2018 6:14:00 am PDT

re: #227 Targetpractice

As we saw this past week, the NRA and their meat puppets don’t know how to handle a situation where they have full control over the release of information. 10 years ago, Laura would have been able to avoid this shit by simply making her remarks on-air, knowing that David’s only recourse would be either finding another reporter willing to give airtime or posting on a blog or BBS and hoping that enough people saw it for the boycott to gain teeth.

Laura and the other RW talking heads are at a distinct disadvantage here, because they have not internalized social media as the high school students have. Laura is still stuck in the old days of broadcast media and limited public access to mass communication channels. She probably had no expectation that David’s retort would have such far-reaching consequences for her in so short a time.