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[OpinionatedCyborg]

That Jack Thompson tweet should get its own thread over on gaming side to get that whole thing out of here.

no it should be ignored and forgotten because jack thompson is irrelevant

 

[Sulik2]

Yes he shouldn't have to but it's too late to take that attitude now. The damage is being done in real time, and the fastest, most efficient way for it to be undone is by him placing that phone call.

What makes you think he can even get though to contact anyone? I am sure he would be laughed off the line.

 

[flippedb]

So this might the /b/tard. Oh man, poor kids

 

[Angry Fork]

This is proof it's real: https://twitter.com/MattBors/status/279672597837402112

@MattBors It's not him? But I'm halfway through diagnosing how his love of Guns'n'Roses and Freezepop should have been a warning sign!

lol

 

[NH Apache]

I saw a screencap on /b/ of a thread that went on yesterday. OP said he was going to kill himself today and he'd try to make it to the news. He said to watch the news at 9:00 am. The only clue he gave, is that he lives/d in Connecticut.

Did this shooter kill himself?

Whoa, really?

He is dead at the scene, not sure if suicide.

 

[PeakPointMatrix]

fuck guns.
fuck that shooter.

goddamn it.

 

[aronnov reborn]

He got some print time in Oregon on the mall shooting a few days ago. He's trying to make a comeback.

if this guy ends up being the shooter he'll have a field day with the video of him playing GTA on his FB.

 

[DietRob]

I'm done. The local live stream started showing kids being interviewed now.


Tuning out of the Carnival of Stupid I'll get my updates from GAF, now. From those who have the stomach to keep watching. I don't.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

So is the Facebook stuff bullshit or what.

can't draw any conclusions one way or the other yet. we'll know soon enough.

 

[RDreamer]

Nobody's making you watch, friend.

Sure, but me not watching isn't making kids not get interviewed when they fucking shouldn't be.

 

[Ignis Fatuus]

How is it possible that the entire news media plasters pictures of the wrong man everywhere without verifying it?

 

[chris121580]

i want his damn FB public so we can see if these replies from him are legit. everyone saying it's not him but more and more and more news agencies are posting that pic.

unless there's a 2nd person doing all the updating...

Oh my God dude...it's not him! Let it go

 

[Dark_AnNiaLatOr]

Jack Thompson is a punk, just like the news .

 

[teruterubozu]

Heh, these are taken by Matt Bors.

Whaaaaat????? So his FB comments are a hoax? This is so weird.

 

[SlowRevolution]

Still no "we are no longer sure if the photo we showed is the right person" from news networks?

 

[TimeEffect]

Or some uninformed vigilante is going to do some street justice....

He OK right?

What kind of idiot would think that though? Confirmed dead, even if he wasn't, you'd assume he's cuffed. Surely people are not that stupid.

 

[NullPointer]

I'm sorry and I feel horrible for the kids but this is too fucking funny.

Yeah. Hilarious, right?

This day just keeps on getting worse. With people only scrambling over each other to show how ugly society can be when we're forced to confront something truly disturbing.

These news stations HAVE to be held to account for this. And no, not just some monetary penalty. Their insane quest for breaking news is putting other people's lives in danger.

 

[Crazyorloco]

So the guy killed his parents too? this is so crazy. I feel so bad

 

[Nakazato]

Just breaks me heart. Why does this keep happening in America?

Be cause of the second amendment.

Ive heard canda is nice. Wonder how hard it would be to immigrate

 

[Ducarmel]

Damn just noticed the updates. RIP and my deepest hopes and wishes to all affected.

 

[rdrr gnr]

What if Mike Smith from California one day decides to go berserk. What happens then?

 

[sangreal]

This is proof it's real: https://twitter.com/MattBors/status/279672597837402112

lol, fox has moved on to blaming online video games because the Oregon shooter was also young

 

[MIMIC]

Friend of the person being confused with the shooter. His status updates: "I'm being inundated with messages asking why I'm friends with a murderer. This is insane. I don't know this person or if they are the shooter."

"Apparently I'm FB friends with the a person who shares the name of the alleged shooter. I don't know him. He has posted repeatedly in the last few minutes that it is not him, but I don't think you can see the posts unless you are friends with him. Stop blowing up someone's facebook and passing his picture around as a mass murderer."

Not posting his profile.

 

[speedline]

Or some uninformed vigilante is going to do some street justice....

He OK right?

Strret justice for what? The killer Ryan Lanza is dead already.

 

[OriginofHysteria]

Good thing that kid in the photo has sunglasses and a hat on with a side angle view. If he walked out on the street without any of those, I wouldn't be able to tell it was him.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

What makes you think he can even get though to contact anyone? I am sure he would be laughed off the line.

There are ways he could identify himself. Driver's license, home address, etc.

Also, he could just ride down to the police station and get their help.

It isn't rocket science.

 

[Expendable.]

Whaaaaat????? So it's a hoax? This is so weird.

I think Matt Bors is saying he IS friends with the guy on Facebook but doesn't know him in real life.

 

[Vostro]

Holy shit. I just heard this news on the radio while at work. I can't believe it happens on elementary schoole where there are little kids for god sake. This is just terrible. Has anyone found out who the shooter is?

 

[Takuya]

This is disastrous, that guy could be the target of some other crazy individuals who might want his head. This needs to be cleared up a.s.a.p.

 

[StopMakingSense]

Whaaaaat????? So his FB comments are a hoax? This is so weird.

No. The guy is FB friends with him because of his comics. That's why he can see the posts.

 

[SlowRevolution]

There are ways he could identify himself. Driver's license, home address, etc.

Also, he could just ride down to the police station and get their help.

It isn't rocket science.

I wouldn't be rushing to leave the house if I was him.

 

[Joel Was Right]

I feel like shit for originally posting the link to his Facebook, but the details we heard, sometimes reportedly separately by media outlets, suggested this was the same guy. Its a tragic coincidence that there are two Lanza's in Newton who are originally from New Jersey

 

[anotherVegan]

Jack Thompson needs to shut the hell up. Forever.

 

[IcyBlueStrawberry]

Just breaks me heart. Why does this keep happening in America?

Ugh... That pic broke me

 

[The Chosen One]

I hope the media stops interviewing little kids from the school. They shouldn't be forcing these kids to re-live the experience until they've first had a chance to talk to a psychiatrist and process what happened.

 

[Berek]

 

[DrFunk]

still on Fox's front page

 

[mambadragon]

Wanna take a video? I need to see/hear this.

I did a video on my S3 of the TV. I am "not great at the internet", so if anyone actually wants PM me your email and I'll send it

 

[Vice]

This is because the media is concerned less with informing the public than it is with beating the competition to a scoop.

Fuck them in the wallet.

It's a mix of both. The media is completely clueless on how to handle many things in the Internet-age. There's a large portion of the media, both old school and new school, that are into the traditional method of waiting for information to be confirmed but there's the other side that sees social media and and less reputable sources as honest competition they have to compete with by either jumping the gun or re-posting unverified information.

TV news, imo, is very susceptible to the latter school of thought due to their need to post information quickly.

 

[BadAss2961]

I saw a screencap on /b/ of a thread that went on yesterday. OP said he was going to kill himself today and he'd try to make it to the news. He said to watch the news at 9:00 am. The only clue he gave, is that he lives/d in Connecticut.

Did this shooter kill himself?

/b/ could get some heat if true. I don't know what the masses will do once they see that place.

 

[params7]

gbfhgj

 

[fluffydelusions]

Jack Thompson needs to shut the hell up. Forever.

I've posted a dedicated thread in gaming for this titled "this will be interesting"

 

[Brinbe]

God, figures that Jack Thompson would be all over this.

Might or might NOT by the Lanza involved here but if it is, prep your PR Activision

http://imgur.com/fGb1r

WELP... herewego

 

[Delusibeta]

Erm, someone just said to me that BBC have ran with his facebook page too....

:[

Yep, Sky News and ITV News too. All the world's media is fucked.

 

[TimeEffect]

I love how he has a picture where he's pointing at the camera, and people turn it into "Pointing guns with his hands"

And then the innocent GTA video.

If FOX ran a story/made mention of the GTA Video, they would have gotten rocked. Would have loved to see the damage control there.

They need to run a whole story on how the pic isnt Lanza. But Id much rather these guys get the shit sued fucked out of them

 

[Grizzlyjin]

You've got the internet and the media decides to just leak a name willy nilly and even post the facebook unconfirmed that it's the right person. It's entirely the media's fault.

The name is correct. And I didn't see the facebook posted on CNN yet. They'e said the name multiple times but I've yet to see them show a photo of the suspected shooter.

I totally agree that they have to be careful with that type of thing, but right now...we don't know that they posted (if pics were) anything that was incorrect. People here raced to get info, posted the same exact picture but then the screenshot popped up. I'm of the opinion that either one or both pieces of info could be wrong. Could be the wrong Lanza. Could be a fake screenshot. Doesn't really hurt me to wait and see.

We're on the same page though with this, the media should be mindful of this. But I'm not quite ready to jump to the conclusion that they posted a picture of the wrong Lanza. I don't know what the right Lanza looks like, and I don't know for sure that isn't his facebook. You know?

 

[zomaha]

humans, ladies and gents

 

[CHEEZMO™]

Whaaaaat????? So his FB comments are a hoax? This is so weird.

Oh, no no no no. I meant the person who screencapped them. I recognise his profile pic as the same on he has on Twitter.

 

[Talon]

Still no "we are no longer sure if the photo we showed is the right person" from news networks?

I'm skeptical of the Facebook screenshots floating around because these decisions made in newsrooms are always made with legal implications in context.

Regardless, libel laws are pretty frightening for news orgs, so there's no way that these questions weren't vetted before they went to air.

 

[The Grim Heaper]

So much fucking hate. Ugh.