Jackie Ortiz (played by Nadine Velazquez), the wife of a Seal Team Six member, asks her husband, Ricky Ortiz (played by Juan-Pablo Raba) to teach her how to use a handgun for self-defense after his family was threatened by Islamist militants. She explains that she is...
media bias on guns
At Townhall.com: “How Entertainment Shows have become Vehicles for Gun Control Propaganda”
Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at Townhall.com on the continuing bias in entertainment television. The piece starts this way: All of the major television networks use their primetime entertainment shows to push a pro-gun control agenda. Liberal television...
TV bias on guns: CBS’s Ransom: Gun fails to protect family and puts children in danger
Media bias on guns takes many forms. In just 34 seconds, this segment from CBS' Ransom tries making the case that owning a gun didn't provide protection against attackers but still puts their children in danger (Season 2, Episode 11, June 23, 2018). The wife is also...
TV bias on guns: NBC’s Reverie: Main character says “I hate guns,” always emphasizing danger of guns
Media bias on guns takes many forms. Here is an all too typical example where a character simply comes out and says: "I hate guns." NBC's Reverie has had three episodes so far. A common theme through the three shows has been that Mara Kint (played by the very...
At The Hill newspaper: Waffle House shooting illustrates the danger posed by gun-free zones
Dr. John Lott's newest article at The Hill newspaper starts this way: Another mass public shooting in another gun-free zone, and yet again the media ignores it. Right at the front of the Waffle House restaurant in Antioch, Tennessee was a sign prohibiting firearms....
More Censorship of our research by Twitter
We have previously run into trouble with Twitter censoring our activity. Gavin McGinnis recently posted a Tweet linking to some of our research correcting false statements made by Vox.com on guns. But Twitter provided the following warning: So what does "sensitive...
TV Bias on Guns: ABC’s The Crossing with young boy saying “I don’t like guns”
Media bias on guns takes many forms. Here is an all too typical example where a character simply comes out and says: "I don't like guns." Here the sheriff's young son is talking to a deputy who jokingly says that the boy could one day be sheriff. When the boy says "I...
NBC’s Taken tries to convince viewers that gun-free zones are fine, that criminals will obey them
NBC seems to have given out orders to its TV shows to include some anti-gun/pro-gun control mention in them. In this episode of Taken, the show tries to briefly and subtly convey to viewers that gun-free zones work because the criminals won't disobey the bans. Does...
Media Bias on guns: Chicago Fire: Does ammunition in a fire pose a real threat to firemen?
In Episode 15 of Season 6 (March 22, 2018), Chicago Fire shows scenes where a man's ammunition is set off by a fire. Bullets shoot everywhere, seriously wounding both the man's mother and a fireman. (If you don't mind increasing NBC's estimated number of people who...
Youtube banning videos that promote the sale of firearms and accessories
Here is YouTube's new policy: “YouTube doesn’t allow content that encourages or promotes violence or dangerous acts that have an inherent risk of serious physical harm or death...” said a letter from Youtube to Spike’s Tactical that the gun manufacturer posted on...
At The Hill: “The media is out of control in its push for gun control”
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at The Hill newspaper on the bias of fact checkers and the impact that they have on the gun control debate. Fact checkers are out of control, and on the issue of guns they no longer even try to pretend impartiality. Especially on social...
Politifact’s continued biased and flawed evaluations about gun control: France had a higher casualty rate in one year than the entire 8 years of Barack Obama
Politifact's Jon Greenberg claims: "NRA's Loesch cherry-picks terrorism deaths in France to argue against assault weapon ban." They rate the claim as "mostly false." On ABC News’ This Week Dana Loesch had this to say: Loesch: "France had a higher casualty rate in...