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[BadAss2961]

Please let this Ryan Lanza get to a safe place.

Search his name right now and you'll find multiple sources reporting that he's the shooter.

Smh.

 

[Darklord]

OMG it is...dude needs to sue
http://www.foxnews.com/

Holy fucking shit. Poor guy. He's gonna get shot!

 

[SpectreFire]

Journalists are scumbags. News at 11.

Does this honestly surprise anyone?

 

[OrangeJulius]

I want to see screen caps of these comments on his facebook page. The pics posted look photoshopped as fuck.

 

[Frillen]

Fox: Prepare for a sue

 

[Mesoian]

OMG it is...dude needs to sue
http://www.foxnews.com/

I can't even post the picture there. There's no way to preempt that.

 

[Angry Fork]

The wrongly accused guy should get a good lawyer. I would like to see the networks pay.

Yup.

 

[GQman2121]

Hopefully that kid is already in contact with The Cochran Firm and lining up his settlement. Even better news would be if every outlet that ran his picture was bankrupted because of this and had to start over. Journalism across the board is at an all time low.

 

[zroid]

I hadn't been following the story since earlier this morning, and suddenly I'm seeing 20+ children (it was 1 confirmed, last I heard). Holy fuck man.

I have no words for this. I need a drink.

 

[Nokagi]

OMG it is...dude needs to sue
http://www.foxnews.com/

Wow.. if it turns out that's not him.. wow.

 

[DenogginizerOS]

NBC chose to show the VT shooter pointing guns at the camera just days after the shooting as victims and victims' families were recovering. They have no shame.

Clearly, the lessons revisited on HBO's Newsroom as well as countless journalism classes have still not been learned.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

This. By not doing it, he is just admitting his guilt.

oh GAF.

 

[Steelrain]

All you stupid motherfuckers who went to post that link can't go fuck yourselves. Seriously, you are real pieces of shit.

 

[dave is ok]

I have a mutual friend with the girl who posted on his first post in that screen. Small world

 

[Amagon]

This. By not doing it, he is just admitting his guilt.

wtf are you talking about? Really?

 

[Kiraly]

Oh he didn't comment on his picture so he deserves what he's getting! AMIRITE GUYS?!

Nobody can see his comments because his profile his private, his profile picture is getting 1k shares a minute, that picture could be photoshopped, he could take all uncertainty away with one comment on his profile picture that the whole internet can see. And fuck off with your AMIRITE GUYS.

 

[Delusibeta]

It's not him guys. Stand down

Ladies and gentlemen, this is why you should watch BBC News. They explicitly went "no, we're not mentioning the name, and anyone we interview shouldn't mention the name" and now they're vindicated.

Fuck, they're running the story.

 

[Sanjuro]

oh GAF.

/sarcasm.

 

[Vice]

This. By not doing it, he is just admitting his guilt.

But the gunman is dead.

 

[Nakazato]

Wow.. if it turns out that's not him.. wow.

Shooter is dead

 

[params7]

http://i.imgur.com/rTG3N.png

He doesn't realize it now, but American media just made his life.

 

[fluffydelusions]

Wow.. if it turns out that's not him.. wow.

Guy is still alive and facebooking it's not him lol

 

[Rentahamster]

Oh god, are we gonna have a Brian Ross part two? Did they fucking learn anything the first time around?

 

[LyleLanley]

Again how does a screen cap prove it's not him? What's the source for that screen shot? For all we know it could be a sick photo shop.

Not saying it is or isn't, but both sides should support their assertions with a source before claiming it as fact.

When in doubt don't post Facebook links. Even if it was the correct page we'd only be giving the shooter the publicity he probably craved.

 

[Nobility]

I feel terrible for that Facebook guy.

People just don't care of the collateral damage if they get their facts wrong, I hope he sues every news organization out there for every penny for damaging his reputation and his life.

 

[Devolution]

This. By not doing it, he is just admitting his guilt.

The shooter is dead.

 

[killer rin]

Good job Fox.

SMH.

Also, poor guy has EFSB pulling up his facebook page on air and blaming him

 

[Takuya]

This Lanza dude (falsely accused one) is going to be set for life once all his lawsuits go through.

 

[DietRob]

Local live stream is now running with this guy..

GET IT TOGETHER NEWS!! For fucks sake.

 

[SuperAndroid17]

this is really crazy , poor guy

they keep showing his picture... luckily he has a hat and glasses on.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Kindergartners. The class was a kindergarten class.

/sarcasm.

I know. I was going to type, "how I love thee" but got lazy.

 

[IcyBlueStrawberry]

OMG it is...dude needs to sue
http://www.foxnews.com/

*Slow clap*

I can't say that I'm even remotely surprised, but it's still ridiculous.

 

[SkyMasterson]

WTF...

I feel sick right now. Thoughts and prayers going out to all involved.

I can't imagine being a parent and hearing this on the news and having your heart sink, hoping your child is ok.

 

[lazybones18]

Time to make some mad money

So Fox News, CBS were the only ones to show his photo, correct?

 

[faceless007]

I think I need to step away from the story. Seeing how the media reports every unsubstantiated rumor and interviews the kids (no doubt planting impressions in their mind that will completely destroy the ability of investigators to ask them what happened) and doesn't bother to confirm shit is making my blood boil.

 

[Sanjuro]

But the gunman is dead.

The shooter is dead.

That's the point. But hey, get mad at the GAF poster and not the billion dollar corporation plastering his picture despite logic.

 

[Niks]

wacko + access to guns = tragedy

 

[tycoonheart]

Every news channel is showing that guy's pic.

 

[Borgnine]

"It wasn't me, I was at work, I am still alive." A LIKELY STORY.

Also the reason or motive for this is going to be unchecked mental illness like it always is.

 

[oatmeal]

Let's not turn this into Fox News bashing, MSNBC and CBS are doing it, too.

Fox will pull it down.

 

[Honey Bunny]

It's a carnival of fucking stupid.

 

[e_i]

NBC is reporting that the shooter's parent has been found dead in his/her home in NJ.

 

[WedgeX]

Its not like this is the first time the media has ruined a falsely accused person's life. See: Richard Jewell and the Atlanta Olympic bombing.

 

[Kwhit10]

Governor expected to talk at 330.

 

[LQX]

Oh, fuck the Facebook guy. He will get over it and some money to boot.

 

[Jibbajabbawockky]

Search his name right now and you'll find multiple sources reporting that he's the shooter.

Smh.

It still could be a guy named "Ryan Lanza." The problem is CBS and FOX got the picture of the wrong Ryan Lanza.

 

[JLG-]

 

[TriniTrin]

Oh man, This channel http://www.wfsb.com/category/216668/wfsb-eyewitness-news-livestream-1

Just said they know its Lanza and his mother was a teacher killed and his father was also killed. He also logged into this facebook this morning..... TO SAY HE WAS ALIVE AND DIDNT DO IT! wow!

 

[Raxus]

Poor guy. I am watching the NBC Conn. coverage and the just said he wrote his name in blood this evening. -_-

 

[Kaladin]

Hartford CT news just showed his FB page....also said he logged on from Newton this morning.

That guy is going to be rich.