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thenewgreen  ·  4372 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Gun Control-Alex Jones vs. Piers Morgan

I know, and I get that, but how many people make threats to public figures every day? If the media machine behind CNN wanted to quell the amplification of this guys crazy quest to deport Piers Morgan, they probably could have. However, they chose to not just allow it to be amplified but to give it center stage on their own network. This was all calculated, I have no doubt about it. They helped to make this a story, to embrace it and then to attempt to control the message. They absolutely knew in advance that this guy would look like a bumbling ass on TV and sat around talking about how Piers wouldn't push back but would take "the high road" etc, etc. All calculated.

None of this, or at least very little, is about gun control but rather it's about entertaining.

That's my take. By the way, you seen Major Khaaan anywhere? He must be to Europe by now??