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Here Are the Confusing Things About the Conn. School Shooting That Got Reported Wrong

Dec. 14, 2012 6:49pm Jason Howerton

Editor’s note: This post contains strong language that may be offensive to some readers

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The Things About Newtown,Conn. Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting That Got Reported Wrong

Responders gather at the scene of a mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School with police tape surrounding a vehicle on December 14, 2012 in Newtown, Connecticut. Twenty-seven are dead, including 20 children, after a gunman identified as Adam Lanza in news reports, opened fire in the school. Lanza also reportedly died at the scene. (Credit: Getty Images)

UPDATE 10:40 p.m. EST: The Associated Press now reports:

At least one parent said Lanza’s mother was a substitute teacher there. But her name did not appear on a staff list. And the law enforcement official said investigators were unable to establish any connection so far between her and the school.

The reason for the confusion over the mother’s role at the school is unclear at this point. Either way, more details will continue to emerge in the coming days.

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UPDATE 8:37 p.m. EST: ABC News is reporting that the gunman’s mother was teacher’s aide at school and not a teacher, according to officials. However, the Associated Press, as of 8:27 p.m. EST, was still reporting that the gunman’s mother was a teacher at the Connecticut school. It is unclear which is correct, but stay tuned for updates.

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As news organizations scrambled to be the first to identify the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooter on Friday, the media focused on the Facebook profile of one “Ryan Lanza” of Newtown, Conn after some initial reports identified “Ryan Lanza” as the shooter. However, it was later revealed that the shooter’s name was actually Adam Lanza.

But at that point, Ryan Lanza’s Facebook profile — and his picture — had been passed around the Internet. The Facebook debacle caught a number of news outlets off guard.

Fox News:

(Screenshot via poynter.org)

Mediaite:

(Screenshot via poynter.org)

Buzzfeed:

(Screenshot via poynter.org)

Gawker:

(Screenshot via poynter.org)

And of course, this doesn’t include the speculation fueled by social media. Almost immediately, Ryan Lanza began denying that he was actually the shooter.

“F*ck you CNN it wasn’t me,” Ryan Lanza wrote on his Facebook page.

“I’m on the bus home now it wasn’t me…IT WASN’T ME I WAS AT WORK IT WASN’T ME,” he later posted.

(Screenshot via poynter.org)

The two men are not void of ties though. Ryan Lanza is reportedly the brother of the real shooter, Adam Lanza. Police in Hoboken were reportedly questioning the 24-year-old sibling, according to The New York Post. He is not considered a suspect.

Adam Lanza, 20, is suspected of opening fire Friday inside the Connecticut elementary school where his mother worked as a teacher, killing 26 people, including 20 children, as youngsters cowered in their classrooms and trembled helplessly to the sound of gunfire reverberating through the building.

Per Slate’s Josh Levin:

According to public records searches, Ryan and Adam Lanza have both lived at 36 Yogananda St. in Newtown. A Nancy Lanza is also listed at that address. News reports indicate that Nancy is the mother of Ryan and Adam, that she worked at Sandy Hook Elementary as a teacher, and that she is presumed dead. The Hartford Courant is reporting that, in addition to the 26 victims found at Sandy Hook Elementary School, “another person was found dead at 36 Yogananda St. in Newtown.” The Courant does not identify the person found dead at that address, but CBS News and CNN are now reporting that Lanza’s mother was found dead in her home.

Public records searches also show that the same Ryan Lanza who lived in Newtown has recently shared an address in Hoboken, N.J., with people named Jessica O’Brien and Michael Shapiro. The circulated screenshots of Ryan Lanza’s Facebook account show responses from a Jessica O’Brien and a Michael Shapiro. In response to Lanza posting “Everyone shut the f*ck up it wasn’t me,” O’Brien wrote: “Do you need anything ready for when you get home? Can I set anything out for you to grab and go? Anything else I can do L”. In response to Lanza writing “F*ck you CNN it wasn’t me,” Shapiro wrote “this is batsh*t insane” and “how the f*ck do they jump to such a conclusion with zero evidence.”

The instance is reminiscent of when ABC’s Brian Ross speculated that a Tea Party member named Jim Holmes could be the Aurora, Colo. shooter based on a Google search. It turned out that the shooter was a completely different James Holmes and it created a number of problems for the man that Ross wrongfully pointed to.

Do you think some media outlets publicized Ryan Lanza’s identity before enough information was available?

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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SIXFRIGATES
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 9:33pm
Ryan Lanze has one hell of a slander & libel case against ALL media outlets. I’m guessing he won’t need to be working at Earnst & Young much longer.

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- rangerskippy
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 10:16pm
  I am going to bet the shooter is gay, and an avid video gamer
  
  He is only 20, so where did he get the guns? He is not legal to purchase them.
  
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- Rowgue
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 10:48pm
  Him and the father also have air tight cases for unlawful arrest and false imprisonment. They weren’t asked to come in for questioning they were both forcibly arrested and held against their will.
  
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- Chatikh
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 11:00pm
  @RANGER
  
  Maybe the kid is an avid gamer. There is no proof of such that I’ve seen, so it’s total speculation. He was autistic, and maybe he got some joy from gaming.
  
  But gay? Maybe. Statistically it’s possible. But there is absolutely nothing anywhere that even remotely implies that he is gay or even straight. To be honest, I’m not sure how sexuality develops in autistic children. It’s completely pointless and somewhat stupid of you to bet he is gay, since the odds are very much against you, statistically.
  
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- rangerskippy
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 11:08pm
  Chatikh
  
  generally the MSM likes to guess that shooters are Tea Party members, so I figured I would make a few guesses this time
  
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- Afungi
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 11:16pm
  To rangerskippy the guns where purchased by the shooters Mom who was the first killed, at home.
  
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- Chatikh
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 12:33am
  I have never accused a tea party member of going on a shooting spree. I don’t think they’re stupid, they might love having guns, and even love using guns, but I don’t think they will do things that will obviously turn the public against the second amendment. I really don’t like guns myself, but until the second amendment is revoked it’s a fairly fundamental right in this country to own guns and I am a HUGE fan of any fundamental and/or constitutionally granted rights. It’s what separates America from Russia, which I hear is a pretty sucky place to live.
  
  I’m sure the Tea Party has had a lot of blame, but you can fight fire with fire or fight fire with extinguisher. People blame the Tea Party? Call them out on it, show that there’s absolutely nothing to base that blame on. Going on to do the same thing doesn’t help.
  
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- Chatikh
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 12:39am
  There is something to your gay statement though. I know of no gay school shooters, most depressed gay kids just kill themselves. Many of the kids that go to kill other classmates were bullying for being perceived as gay but were likely straight. (Read: “Adolescent Masculinity,
  Homophobia, and Violence”, M. S. KIMMEL, M. MAHLER) It’s very possible bullies teased this kid for being gay. Although I haven’t been able to find anything to support that. And by no means does that excuse his or their behavior in any way. Many kids face that bullying, it takes an evil mind to take it that far. But I’d like to see what happens when homophobic bullying goes down in schools. Say 1 in every million kids that faces this bullying shoots their classmates. I made that statistic up. But maybe if we reduce the pool of bullying victims, we’d reduce the number of kids who have the combination of being bullied, having extremely violent thoughts, have access to dangerous weapons, and have mental issues that make them completely disregard their future.
  
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- muffythetuffy
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 2:01am
  WILL WE EVER BE TOLD THE TRUTH ABOUT LANZA?
  
  The media is showing a picture of the assassin when he was ten years old just like they did with Tryvon Martin in the George Zimmerman case. Did Lanza listen to Jamie Fox urging the “Kill White People” statement? Are there more Leftist Liberal Lanza’s who heard Jamie Fox’s statements land are preparing to act?
  
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- muffythetuffy
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 2:11am
  WHY IS IT ALWAYS THE INNOCENT WHO GET MASSACRED? IS IT LIBERAL HATE SPEECH LIKE JAMIE FOX’S?
  
  We never hear of a massacre of a den of drug dealers killed while packaging heroin for distribution, do we? Why do Liberals always say that Republicans should die, Republicans should be killed, White children should be killed, White people should be killed? Why do Liberals always get away with their deadly hate speech that usually is followed bye mentally sick Liberals? Why? Why? Why?
  
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- quiet little lamb
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 7:02am
  he deserves to own the media’s asses for them jumping to that conclusion before fact checking!
  
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- Jim
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 8:57am
  The guns belonged to his mother. He got them at her house (she was responsible for keeping the guns safe as a gun owner) then went on his rampage. Now watch Obama use this as an excuse to take away our guns… This will cause more issues and if you do not have anything to defend yourself with, more killings will occur because the illegal gun holders know that there are no legal guns defending their property. Stay away from the 2nd amendment. With that said, I pray for the the families who have lost loved ones and believe me when I say I cried for these victims and I did not even know them. I pray this country will reunite and watch over each other and stop the left and right bickering and raise our children to be good loving and God-fearing citizens. God Bless the USA!
  
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- Red Meat
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 9:44am
  Terrible news today. When will politicians find courage to ban automatic weapons? As in Oz after similar tragedy. – Rupert Murdoch
  https://twitter.com/rupertmurdoch/status/279759365328732161
  
  Fox News will shortly be on board with the gun ban as well.
  
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- BSdetector
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 9:44am
  The shooter was autistic? Well then I have a simple government solution. Ban Autism! Oh and he was 20yrs old? BAN 20YR OLDS TOO!
  Do those 2 things and I can promise you with 100% certainty that nothing like this will ever happen again in the history of the earth!
  
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- jdtanker
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 10:27am
  The day they take our guns away is the day we lose our freedom. Government is a dangerous master. Throughout history it always turns out the same. What country has the lowest crime rate? Switzerland. Every adult is required by law to own a fully automatic assault rifle. If every responsible adult has one, criminals will think twice about doing anything.
  
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- bash01
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 11:15am
  So when are the police going into black and hispanic gang areas and forcibly disarm them. Do these people think that these thugs are going to disarm.
  
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- Letthebulletsfly
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 1:34pm
  Chatikh. While I appreciate you being a HUGE fan of our constitution, I feel you may not fully understand it. Our constitution grants no rights. Our rights are inalienable and bestowed upon us by our Creator. The constitution merely recognizes this as fact and guarantees us that our government will not try to restrict my God given rights. As far as your statement “until the 2nd amendment is revoked”, ain’t gonna happen and even if it did, wouldn’t change a thing. My rights come from God, not man or a piece of paper. God gives me the right to be free, whether it be from a thug who would do me harm or tyrannical government.
  
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- christopher-lee
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 8:52pm
  I get paid over $87 per hour working from home with 2 kids at home. I never thought I’d be able to do it but my best friend earns over 10k a month doing this and she convinced me to try. The potential with this is endless. Heres what I’ve been doing, http://tiny.cc/7iydpw
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 3:42am
  @christopher-lee
  
  CALLING ALL WHITE HAT HACKERS THAT WANT TO SHUT DOWN A NIGERIAN IDENTITY THEFT RING THAT POSTS EVERY DAY HERE. THEIR IP ADDRESS IS 98.126.39.196
  
  PLEASE REPLY TO ME HERE IF YOU WANT AND I CAN GIVE YOU MORE DETAILS IF YOU NEED THEM !!!
  
  That’s right troll…. You are not welcome here anymore. : )
  
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AmerNDN10
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 9:32pm
What is disturbing is Ryan Lanza’s twitter page where it states everything from a post to a friend saying “kill yourself” to “I wonder if the world would be better off without me” so you can see if you are given the wrong information and yet saw those tweets by this sick psyco of the demon seed brother you can pretty much bet that you’d come to the conclusion that CNN was right and Ryan was the babykiller.
I still wish both those boys didn’t come to earth. :o(

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so3
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 9:06pm
This is the price we pay for 24 hour news….crap gets posted, someone sees it, it spreads and 20 minutes later they DO NOT see or hear the clarification that what they read 20 minutes ago was wrong…multiply this by 1000, add TV, blogs, internet, radio and you can see why the media and journalism is a complete joke now.

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Letthebulletsfly
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 8:29pm
And yet you still have the story up about the weapons used in the shooting which includes an AR-15. The AR was found in his car. He used two pistols at the school, a Glock and a Sig. Both 9mm. Fix it.

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- bearlakemedia
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 9:02pm
  The “Blaze” will burn you with the truth, Didn’t anyone tell you?
  
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- TRILO
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 12:04am
  You are absolutely right. NO ONE is correcting this error. The police reported that the shooter had the two handguns and the .223 rifle was IN THE CAR. Journalism no longer exists in this country. Shame on the Blaze for not showing this error with the other.
  
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- Gavinwcaf
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 2:35pm
  The AR15 is not an automatic weapon, automatic weapons had nothing to do with this shooting, Ruport Murdock is smart enough to know this, I guess he is just illiterate on the subject. in China on the 14th a man entered a elementary school and slashed 22 students with a knife, do we ban knives to, makes it hard to prepare supper, we can also ban wet noodles so no one is assaulted with a wet noodle. We can also ban Jamie Fox then we will not have to worry about serving ritz crackers and cheese, and insulting black racist actors.
  
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- Letthebulletsfly
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 5:12pm
  Gavin. Perhaps your post went in the wrong place? I don’t see it mentioned anywhere that an AR is full auto. I own two, configured differently. I know the difference.
  
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bearlakemedia
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 8:22pm
does anyone know if glenn beck is going to do news anymore or is just going to talk about stupid **** like the hobbit?

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- bikerr
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 8:34pm
  Bear —you are a Stalker!
  
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- bearlakemedia
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 8:55pm
  you dont know the half of it
  
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- bikerr
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 10:17pm
  That’s what your led to believe.
  
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Elena2010
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 8:12pm
The same herd mentality did similar to George Zimmerman’s family by publicizing home addresses and such. So much for any hope of privacy as confirmed by the Constitution.

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wingnut1955
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 8:08pm
Get a lawyer and sue for everything you can get. It should be easy to find one, they will be all over Newtown looking for clients. After all lawyers just feed on the misery of others.

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- Eastinfection
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 9:08pm
  They were already in Newtown. I grew up there.
  More attorneys live there than all the cops, teachers, and fireman put together.
  
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Joey8
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 8:04pm
It’s not about reporting accurately, it’s about reporting the fastest, regardless of being accurate

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- mkw22
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 8:27pm
  you hit the nail on the head. with any story it’s always report first, verify later. it’s wrong.
  
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yiska8
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:54pm
Ahh, the drive-by media strikes again. When they’re not ruining people’s reputations and practicing their Obama love on the air, ignoring or covering up Benghazi, and just doing anything other than real journalism, they just plain GET IT WRONG in their media salivating frenzy to politicize a tragedy. Facebook has become the lazy “reporter’s” research tool. Pathetic.

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TheReaper123
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:52pm
These shooter prey on the innocent and unarmed. We put our kids safety in the hands
of the Teachers and the School to keep them safe.
All school districts should encourage Teachers and Administrators to be armed. This
would deter any violence and mitigate any attack.
Staying proactive instead of reacting after the
fact is the only way to protect our kids.

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- jetssica
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 9:05pm
  Yes I completely agree! Teacher, staff or SOMEONE should be armed at all schools!
  
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- skyguy51
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 10:29pm
  Too logical. The political class won’t go for it as they would not have control. Much easier to ponificate and call for more “gun control”. As long as they keep these “gun free” zones they invite this.
  
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- FreeCarolJoy
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 12:34am
  Israel arms their teachers. They have all served in the military so they know how to shoot. And who started the political crap–Obama and Bloomberg. Oh and Michael Moore. Take the guns away. Was that a real tear shed by O? Tears come out of both of my eyes usually.
  
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- betsyyoung
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 8:58am
  I am in full agreement with this!!!!!
  
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mikiegro
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:50pm
It has been confirmed by the left. Bush did it.

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kindling
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:38pm
How sad that he looses his entire family and the first he hears of it is being accused of being the shooter. That poor guy. But I must say if it was me I would not be using all that foul language.

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- Ohio Guy
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 9:01pm
  Get wrongly accused of mass murdering kindergartners and see what words come out of your mouth!
  
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- TRILO
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 12:24am
  I agree, unfortunately foul language is part of the younger generation.
  
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Comeandtakeit
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:35pm
Something seems very, very strange about the family situation of the Lanza brothers and their mom. Why would a boy be riding a bus posting on Facebook when his mom and brother were dead at his brother’s hands? Seems like he would be rushing to the police station to see what was going on and get information about the tragedy. This sounds like a very dysfunctional situation to say the least. So sad for all involved.

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- Eastinfection
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:41pm
  He lived in NewJersey and was rushing home to CT via quickest means possible. Closest train station to this town is 1/2 hr away.
  
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- Eastinfection
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:42pm
  PS: 24 yr olds are “men”, not “boys”.
  
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- lastof7
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 8:15pm
  It’s a neat twist the way you comment on a story about the media jumping to conclusions based on very little fact by jumping to conclusions based on very little fact.
  
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- Wisdom7
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 8:29pm
  He’s 24 years old and hardly a “boy”. He stated he was at work and riding a bus home, not a school bus.
  
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- DADDYWOREAWHITEHAT
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 11:46am
  He was on the bus coming home from work. The police went to his home & busted down the door & took his computer & phone records before they even learned he hadn’t spoken to his brother since 2010! Now this estranged brother says something about auspergers & everybody is screaming about mental health problems. Ignore the aunt who says if kid had mental health problem mother would have gotten him help. What about a much more sinister setup like fast & furious that hypnotized this young man to do this so they could further a political agenda “for the greater good”. Don’t let a crisis go to waste & anything is justified in their eyes to fulfill what they believe in. Even the sacrifice of these children. This smacks of fast & furious #6.
  
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- Gavinwcaf
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 2:51pm
  Who are you to suggest how someone should respond, on the worst tragedy of their life, with little information on the issue, except being accused of being a mass murderer of little children.
  
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auntmoxie.com
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:33pm
My father, a Vietnam vet, once said that nothing was more detrimental to the efforts to win a war than the mouths of reporters. Seems they foul up more than just wars.

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ljschief
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:21pm
i just finished watching the news (fox and msnbc cnn) and they are like in a feeding frenzy!.Rev Al was asking the most stupid and insensitive questions you can imagine. There should be no reporters at the scene of these crimes and once some official word is put out then report information correctly. This situation where all reporters (if you can call them that) never let facts get in the way of a good story. This story is heart-breaking enough without these idiots putting out completely wrong information..

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The Third Archon
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:16pm
Well he can sue them, but there’s a higher standard than mere negligence for invasion of privacy/defamation actions against the press than mere negligence GENERALLY. The Supreme Court has made an exception for private individuals in defamation actions, and SEEMS like it might also have done so for invasions of privacy actions, although the case law is less than clear on this point at the moment (with jurisdictions being split on whether a reduced standard, i.e. ordinary care, is owed to private individuals in invasion of privacy causes of action where the press is a defendant; the majority hold to the more conservative, which is to say not in the political sense but the interpretative sense, interpretation that allowed private individual plaintiffs to recover in defamation actions against the press on showing negligence did NOT extend to invasion of privacy actions). If CT follows the majority rule, Ryan would have to prove the press either consciously knew he wasn’t the shooter but published anyway, or that they knew of reasons to believe there was substantial risk that the story they were publishing was false (i.e. “actual malice”–recklessness or intentionally publishing the falsehoods, not mere negligence). That, aside from evidentiary problems, is one of the reasons defamation (and related) actions are difficult to recover on.

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- strawberry411a
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:43pm
  Geez
  
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- BBEV
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:52pm
  So to brake it down he has little standing unless he can prove that the press knew he was not the shooter?
  
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- Rowgue
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 10:58pm
  What you’re describing is defamation law as it applies to public figures. There is a much higher standard to prove in defamation cases against public figures than there is for private citizens. This is a slam dunk defamation suit.
  
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chips1
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:11pm
Flobama will probably protect CNN by declaring evidence against it as being national security information.

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- revelation2012
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 8:35pm
  why not seeings how CNN called the Election for ‘O’ before ALL the Votes were cast,,,
  
  ‘O’ owes “THEM” big time.
  
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mellowlady
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:11pm
If you rearrange the letters of Ryan Lanza’s name it spells; zaranynal, a smoking gun?

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- strawberry411a
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 8:50pm
  Absolutely brilliant. Looking in my Bulgarian dictionary 3rd edition 1845 it states: rough translation Mister JOE RRRRRRR PIE hole.
  
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lessoneleg
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:10pm
I hear all the calls of banning hand guns. But I do not hear a call for opening Mental Institutions to protect the mentally unfit from themselves.
The Grande Experiment should be over. Permitting the mentally unfit to self medicate. To wander around in the public in a series of delusional voices. Parents or family members, hiding their dirty little secret that a loved one is mentally unstable.

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- chips1
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:17pm
  I agree. Get them out of Washington and prohibit them from being on any ballots.
  
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- turkey13
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:54pm
  I know a lady at church who has avery autistic son that is age 14. He goes to regular school with a state paid (I don’t know what) protector. He gets passed on each year because the teachers are afraid of him. This kid is almost 6 ft. tall and weighs about 200 lbs. At church he is calmed by having a cd player with headphones on and they are the same ones he has on all day at school. I hope he never able to get a gun in his hands.
  
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- TRUMPETCALL
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 8:02pm
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  Ms Pelosi….. Ms Pelosi….. Ms Pelosi……
  
  We’re looking in your general direction.
  
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- topperj
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 8:39pm
  The same people calling for the rounding up of all the guns are the ones who screamed the loudest to release all the mental patients decades ago. We have the homeless problem and these murderers roaming the streets because of them. Those unintended consequences rise up to bite us in the ass every time.
  
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JamieWV
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:10pm
UGG! I get sooooooo tired of the mis-information all the time! When will it stop?

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- UPEARS
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 12:04am
  When BO gets out of office!!!!!! and still that will be to late……You Know Americas 3 term president……
  
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grimmster
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:10pm
“It was’nt me”! Yeah,you knew it was your brother, because you posted that stuff to facebook at around 3pm cst or so.You Knew you pos,and what about your comment “The govt. has been aware of my revolutionary speechs,,I DIDNT DO IT”.Ryan Lanza, you are part of this, and should pay like your pos brother did, with your sorry ass life…….

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- chips1
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:44pm
  Do you work for CNN? His text said he was at work. I haven’t heard anyone say he wasn’t and it would be easy to verify. Wait till any facts come out before you defend the Obama Network.
  
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- Eastinfection
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:47pm
  How was he part of it GRIMM?
  
  Because he gave his 20yr-old brother a copy of his DL so he could drink in bars?
  
  You have no idea what you’re talking about.
  
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- bearlakemedia
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:55pm
  your a stupid ass
  
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- Buddynoel
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:58pm
  He’s just trying to make sure he doesn’t have to sit on the jury for this one. Next!
  
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- TEXASGRANNY73
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 8:29pm
  Number one, every comment you write with all of your aka you misspell wasn’t, Every time. Number two, If I am wrong and have confused you with someone else, well you are as guilty as the other. Using your reasoning it just makes sense.
  
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The Giver
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:09pm
I don’t want to be anywhere near a ” gun free zone”. They are death traps.

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KE_in_IA
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:08pm
I DON’T CARE ABOUT THE MURDEROUS DEMON OR HIS BROTHER!!!!!! What I DO care about are those children! I do NOT want to invade their parent’s privacy and heighten their pain, but when those parents are able to share the joy their children brought to their lives, I’d like to know who these innocent children were as individuals. What were their favorite toys, games, books, foods, etc? What did they want to be when they grew up? What did they write in their letters to Santa this year? I want to hear THEIR stories!! I want to remember THE CHILDREN who’ll never get to live their dreams.

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- The_Pointy_End
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:36pm
  Ryan is not guilty of his brother’s sins. He is also a victim of Adam. He too lost his family today.
  
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turkey13
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:07pm
Maybe Obama & Congress will pass laws shutting down reporters that give this kind of details without any evidence. CNN could have put this guy at risk with its false reporting.

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- grimmster
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:14pm
  Yeah, and who did they get their info from?…….The cops moron…….
  
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- Exiled
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:38pm
  No, they didn’t get their information from the cops. They got it from other teachers that just didn’t know the difference between one son and the other.
  
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- freedomisasfreedomdoes
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:38pm
  Grimmster how do you know CNN heard false info from the cops? CNN needs to learn how to report just the facts. First they would have to learn the meaning of fact again and integrity. How would you like if they implicated you in some awful tragedy with deaths of children and it not be you? Truth matters.
  
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- freedomisasfreedomdoes
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:46pm
  Grimmster how can you trust anything they report whether it be where they got their info from or what time of day it is? They have a proven track record of misreporting and ignoring stories. How do you not know this? Or unaware of how their lies hurt people?
  
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- Mustanger
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:49pm
  Grimmster; the media carry scanners, and when a theory is passed to dispatch for them to check up on. The media 4G search then report. Even before the information is corrected by dispatch. The Cops/SWAT are just trying to gain situational awareness.
  One time the rumor was that I was killed in a traffic accident because my last name sounded close to the victim’s. it’s all damn inconvenient. The bigger the emergency, the bigger the misconceptions.
  
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- Gavinwcaf
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 2:41pm
  Baracko Clause could never pass such a law, then the lame stream media could not tell all the lies for
  Him., never kill the goose that lays the golden egg.
  
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thegreatcarnac
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 6:56pm
I wish Ryan would sue CNN and the rest of he networks for slandering him and also libeling him. Anytime a network gets sued and in trouble, it is a good thing.

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- emoore54
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:12pm
  I totally agree. I am so sick of the press speculating and in the process ruining someone’s life.another thing that bothers me is their fake concern, for example today on NBC they were so worried about kids seeing the horror on TV.well stop covering it until the police have something. I don’t need a bunch of reporters spewing bull just to hear themselves talk.
  
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- grimmster
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:13pm
  @Carnac.
  If you heard the news, Adam Lanza, the shooter and his brother had Ryans id on him, thus the confusion, and that would have been announced by the cops.Now, go to Ryans facebook page,and see if you hold the same opinion………
  
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- Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:19pm
  For this I can hope he does so, there is an all too real probability of someone seeing these posts, even the denials and without the information of the news groups messing it up, going hunting for him.
  
  God keep him safe.
  
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- Eastinfection
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:53pm
  SNOW..
  
  He isn’t “on the lam”.
  He was on a bus home to CT.
  He’s been in police custody for hours.
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:57pm
  Hey East,
  
  Head on over to the other place.
  
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- Rowgue
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 12:24pm
  He was in posession of his brother’s ID, but at no point did the police identify the shooter as Ryan. And there is no reasonable explanation for why they arrested both him and the father.
  
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- Eastinfection
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 1:41pm
  They didn’t arrest either one of them.
  They questioned them.
  Wouldn’t you?
  
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