Media Sympathy

" TV now -- our lead story weather network news and other elite media outlets are so hesitant to put the terrorism label on a -- would -- Time magazine spent a lot of time -- on its latest edition on the Fort -- deal and that includes that are large Nancy -- who writes -- The sun's motives are mixed enough that everyone -- agenda could find markers in the trail he left on -- these -- to us now now. Do you think that if do you think it's on those terrorists as a terrorist act. Based on everything -- are absolutely okay so you're not you're separating yourself from other media who are very hesitant put that label on him not us here we've we've in -- Now I wanna put up ABC news edition NPR's as a very good reporting agency found a business -- from his -- throw that up. And other business card it has SOK. You see that right -- you know what that stands for soldier of a lot. Now there is no doubt -- you know no doubt that this guy was a -- and the army should know. Now in your article which is an interest in art we have four things on talking about in the first thing is this you right. While the motivations of the Virginia Tech gunman seemed perversely personal -- spent years telling anyone who would listen. That the US war effort in Iraq and Afghanistan was -- war on quote. Why. Would this guy continue to be -- army if he did he thought any idea."

" Of the many questions that are going to be today in the next few weeks that is certainly one of them why would someone who was getting openly poor performance reviews from his. Supervisors at Walter Reed nonetheless promoted. Right last soldiers of --"

" And and tell everybody -- the wars are wrong I resign. -- the second thing you -- news but -- that may be the new terrorist template. The fuses psychological damage with Jihad is ideologies which are saying I think you're right this is the guy probably. Is -- not. But he's driven by the -- so you can't discount can be in a terrorist because he's on balance."

" While this is where I think that the whole argument we've been having them wasn't you know what that. Someone -- after was he would terrorist is is -- snapped its planned. Well that certainly. There's -- so much premeditation involved was charged with premeditated. Right. But the important thing is as though somehow these are mutually exclusive when clearly we have all sorts of evidence from again from people who worked with him Walter Reed -- were debating whether he was psychotic there clearly was."

" And the army let it go because he was a -- I think. Mom all right -- the last one I want an -- to quote here. Is the FBI. Led Washington. Area joint terrorism task force reviewed the transcripts. Along with the test was represented -- the Pentagon's defense from the investigation -- good reporting by time magazine I didn't know that. This is the emails that he sent to the al-Qaeda recruiter in -- they review does not personnel file concluded was no need to open investigation. That's insane. -- taking to have an American major emailing one big al-Qaeda recruiters and you don't investigate what."

" Here's here's the answer to that about why it was that they didn't pursue -- there was that. This was not. Jailhouse convert or some punk -- alienated -- on the street this was. A US military officer with a bed jacket who was well and with a -- jacket. -- well. In that file I don't think they found anything from his."

" No Walter Reed superiors about got to -- to protect people you -- I mean."

" He's email that he's a bad guys got -- business -- soldier of ally you don't open investigation that's incompetence. Did you see Bernie and I I don't of that do you have any opinion on why the network news stays away from the terrorism like --"

" You know -- with all due respect I think even that debate is so much less important than it then -- matters which is. Is this is our whole definition of terrorism. Misleading us because this guy who's much harder to catch if he's not corresponding with people is now part of a conspiracy is not part of a network that leaves a money trail. How do you find him and stuff and now we're seeing all of these clues that we."

" They have the apparatus in -- and do it but you're dodging the question with all respect -- book. If the American people think it's -- truth. About a massacre. From -- Big Three networks we're in trouble that's a big story that's big."

" Well I think. Everything that we're seeing from people is that they're very clear that what this guy did was motivated body that ABC CBS NBC and a clear."

" you saw the study they would even mention it."

" Fitting image it was a muscle."

" I don't know that well it's you know again."

" How would you on the spot but it should disturb you -- serves me you know I don't I don't -- speak for the decisions that are being and other let me do that. Yeah. Bad decisions -- you have to be disturbed and so you ladies and gentleman. And now we have a press and America's most been looking out for us that will not tell you the truth about a story of this magnitude it's disturbing that should be an ex -- I I take you -- my assignment. All right Nancy Reid Nancy -- is article in time magazine is a lot of good information we appreciate you coming --"