So the 1 year anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub Attack is getting a lot of coverage today.

Is it just me or is everyone in the media going out of their way to try to ignore the fact it was an ISIS inspired terrorist attack?

Just asking...

I don't think most in this country can come to grip with the fact that this is another instance of a home grown terrorist nut. Or the similarities between sick fucks like that jackass, Tim McVeigh, the clowns in Charleston, Sandy Hook, Fort Hood, San Bernadino, etc...

So it's easiest to just ignore it and wrongly continue to obsess over 9/11.

I'd separate Sandy Hook from all of the other above instances.

You can't put mentally ill person going on a spree next to planned attacks with an agenda behind them. Very different dynamics between that and someone who becomes radicalized by an ideology and commits violence in the name of that ideology (whether it's McVeigh, Roof, or Mateen)

For terrorism to be terrorism, there has to be a political dynamic behind the motivation.

Are you suggesting liberals overreact to issues like Wedding Cakes and Bathrooms from the Evangelical Christians and completely overlook mass murders by Muslims?

Dude, the Orlando shooting coverage lasted like 5 straight days on all 3 of the major news networks.

Your post has no relation to either Ogie's post, or mine.

Dude, the Orlando shooting coverage lasted like 5 straight days on all 3 of the major news networks.

MSNBC is not the leading voice of your favorite liberal commentators?

What in the hell are you talking about? First off, the topic is about meeting coverage sans 1 year since the incident. Not coverage immediately following. Are you cognizant of any of this? Or are you having another stroke?

What in the hell are you talking about? First off, the topic is about meeting coverage sans 1 year since the incident. Not coverage immediately following. Are you cognizant of any of this? Or are you having another stroke?

I think the guy was a closeted homo who hated what he was feeling, and then threw himself into Islamist extremism because he became severely damaged in the head.

I do agree, those misdirection stories, or the side stories that don't get reported always trigger a pause from me.

My biggest gripe with the coverage of tragic stories like the Pulse shooting is that there is important news happening some where at all times. By day 3 of coverage I was so frustrated with the US media last summer. As I have been at various stages of my adult life. I have a healthy distrust of whatever they tell me anyway.

Are you suggesting liberals overreact to issues like Wedding Cakes and Bathrooms from the Evangelical Christians and completely overlook mass murders by Muslims?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but 50 people don't get whacked at a nightclub by a crazy Muslim, every day.

The entire he was in the closet theory came from reports in the first few days afterwards that he was on gay dating apps and had been with other gay men. The FBI directly disputed that about 2 weeks after those claims were made (after they had gone through his entire past, his phone, computer, etc.) The media quietly ignored that though.

You can do a search for all of the media reports on June 14th regarding that fact. Then see what's said June 24th in the media when the FBI dismisses those earlier reports as false. Hardly a whisper from the June 14th media sources.

Interesting. Didn't know that. Just remember a few burrito guys saying they saw him in that club numerous times. That he wouldn't really interact with anyone, but he was there a few times before.

Can it be both closeted gay frustration and an Islamic inspired attack?

On a side note. One of the more tragic things about this shooting is the pussy ass swat team waiting 2 and a half hours to go in the club and end this dude. Definitely would not have had 49 people dead if there wasn't such hesitation.

Part of the problem was his 911 call stated he had bombs (including a suicide vest).