Active shooter at DC Navy yard - multiple shot

[Trip McNeely]

God forbid you accurately describe someone and its considered racist. It's sad that it has gotten to this.

[Broncojohnny]

I am surprised they would continue reporting after finding out he is black. That's racist!

[JP135]

That's racist!

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[01yz2nv]

Damn reporter on msnbc just said " The shooter was armed with an Ak15 assault rifle"

[Craizie]

Damn reporter on msnbc just said " The shooter was armed with an Ak15 assault rifle"

Mother of god. Accurate and reliable.

[MattB]

It sounds like it's very frustrating to watch the news these days.

[eastsidetorino]

It sounds like it's very frustrating to watch the news these days.

I wouldnt know...I get all my news and political insights from DFWmustangs and facebook

[JP135]

Ak15 assault rifle"

Lol. Those are the worst ones. Highly deadly.

[MattB]

I wouldnt know...I get all my news and political insights from DFWmustangs and facebook

Yeah, I stopped watching the news years ago.

[YALE]

It's funny how quickly "homeland security" declared it was not terrorism. Damn. That was quick! This would be a significant target for terrorist.

Wait! The guy isn't black anymore. After talking to witnesses who said he is a black guy, CNN has decided his complexion is "medium".

Hmmmmmmm....

[lowthreeohz]

DC local radio is still reporting black shooter who is down, 2 more one white one black at large

[sc281]

‘I’ve Never Heard of Such a Thing Happening’: CNN Anchor Blanks on Ft. Hood Shooting?



Anchoring the coverage of an ongoing mass shooting at the Washington Naval Yard, CNN anchor Carol Costello quizzed a producer on the scene about whether a military base like this has ever come under attack by a gunman before. Some have speculated that she was referring specifically to bases in the Washington D.C. area, but it was unclear why Costello did not reference the 2009 attack on Fort Hood by Maj. Nidal Hasan.


“I used to work in Washington, live in Washington. This seems so unusual to me that a gunman could create this kind of havoc at a U.S. military facility,” Costello asked her producer, Brian Todd. “Have you ever heard of this happening before, Brian?”

RELATED: Like a ‘TV Show Gone Terribly Wrong’: NBC News Reporter Riffs on Navy Yard Shooting

“I was just saying that this is so unusual, because this is such a heavily-secured military facility. I’ve worked in Washington for many years, I’ve never heard of such a thing happening,” she asked.

“Well, we haven’t either in this area, Carol,” Todd replied. “This is the first time we’ve seen something like this, at least in many, many years. Now you remember the Fort Hood shooting in 2009, where that was a member of the service who was convicted eventually of doing that shooting.”

In 2009, Hasan murdered 13 and wounded 30 others in a mass shooting at the Fort Hood military base.

Watch the clip below via CNN:

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Professional media ID wrong man as Navy Yard shooter

http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2013/09/16/professional-media-id-wrong-man-as-navy-yard-shooter/

That would be CBS and NBC, who offered the name Rollie Chance as the dead suspect in the Washington Navy Yard, responsible for six deaths and a number of wounded. The only problem? Rollie Chance is still alive and had nothing to do with the shooting, apparently:

CBS News and NBC News retracted reports about the identification of the Washington Navy Yard shooter on Monday, just minutes after each network reported that the suspect in question was Navy chief petty officer named Rollie Chance.

CBS’s John Miller reported that Chance was a suspect before 1 p.m. on Monday. NBC News later reported the same information and continued to do so past 1 p.m., even after Miller reported that the initial reports about Chance were wrong.

Shortly thereafter:

NBC News: we are now NOT reporting name of shooter; retracting that report. deleting those tweets

— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) September 16, 2013

John Nolte:

1:15pm – Via Twitter I have seen both CBS and NBC (Chuck Todd) reporters incorrectly name Rollie Chance as the dead shooter. Todd has deleted his tweet.

1:03pm – CBS retracts report that suspected shooter is Rollie Chance as NBC News continues to release information about him.[update] the link to the NBC tweet is no good. Chuck Todd has deleted the tweet stating that NBC will not release the suspected shooter’s name.

Tons of criticism on Twitter have begun piling onto the two networks, but Salena Zito gives the best advice instead:

wo things that never work out. Ever. 1.) Saying "Don't you know who I am?" 2.) Rushing to be 1st with unverified facts. First is not best.

— SalenaZito (@SalenaZitoTrib) September 16, 2013

And this from Moe Lane is priceless:

You know, I am starting to wonder whether journalists and news organizations should just leave Twitter to the professionals.

— Moe Lane (@moelane) September 16, 2013

Indeed.

Update: How did Rollie Chance’s name come up in the first place? Someone found an ID card on the ground.

Per @PeteWilliamsNBC: Name reported by others earlier is not the shooter. Employee who dropped his ID card.

— Domenico Montanaro (@DomenicoNBC) September 16, 2013

Color John Ekdahl unimpressed with the explanation:

Passive voice. MT @chucktodd: Confusion over shooter name had to do with an I.D. card found near dead gunman; led to bad initial reporting.

— John Ekdahl, Jr. (@JohnEkdahl) September 16, 2013

[GhostTX]

Sum Ting Wong?

[CJ]

You have to love how the media can ID the gun in 5 seconds, but it takes an entire day to figure out how many shooters there were. When was the last shooting that didn't initially get reported as multiple shooters?