Testing the limits


iconJames Taranto points out this piece of anti-gun media bias:

"In a direct challenge to federal limits on political advocacy, the National Rifle Association plans to begin broadcasting a daily radio program on Thursday to provide news and pro-gun commentary to 400,000 listeners," the New York Times reports.

In a direct challenge to federal limits on political advocacy, the New York Times Co. plans to continue publishing a daily newspaper to provide news and antigun commentary to 1.1 million readers.

To the New York Times, supporting the Second Amendment of the Constitution is considered challenging the "federal limits on political advocacy", but supporting the repeal of the Second Amendment is not. The fundamental question is what makes a media company.

The NRA considers themselves a media company with a pro-gun slant. They offer news and opinion just like any other media company, and should be free to endorse a candidate for office. The major difference is that the New York Times, LA Times, Washington Post, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Chicago Tribune and a dozen other national media outlets who are free to endorse political candidates, are routinely and consistantly anti-gun. Lashing out at the NRA is their way of crushing dessent.


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