Deaths directly attributed to the liberal media

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Deaths directly attributed to the liberal media documents murder or suicide as a result of liberal newspapers, news channels, magazines, Hollywood films and television shows. The people affected were shamed, bullied, committed murder because of liberalism and falsehoods espoused.

  • Koran-Desecration Story
In 2005, Newsweek published a lie that soldiers based in Guantanamo flushed the Muslim Koran down a toilet. The story spread across the world and riots took place. In Afghanistan, at least 16 people were killed and scores injured. Newsweek would issue a retraction. [1]
  • Terrorist Attack in Germany Against U.S. Airmen
German authorities say terrorist shooter Arid Uka shot the U.S. servicemen after watching a 4 minute video clip of the Brian De Palma anti-Iraq war movie Redacted. [2]
  • Melinda Duckett Suicide Case
A trial was held against CNN host Nancy Grace because Melinda suffered "emotional distress." Grace grilled the woman, accusing her of hiding something. Duckett shot and killed herself the day the taped interview was scheduled to broadcast. [3]
  • To Catch A Predator
In 2008, NBC settled on a $105 million lawsuit when in 2006 Louis William Conradt committed suicide during a taping of its Dateline NBC show "To Catch A Predator". [4]
  • Talk Show Slaying
March 9, 1995, three days after the two taped a segment of the nationally syndicated "Jenny Jones" show, Jonathan Schmitz killed Scott Amedure. Schmitz claims he had been "ambushed" by the program's producers, and that the humiliation of having another man's attraction to him revealed in front of a studio audience led to murder. [5]
  • WWF Wrestling
Six-year-old Tiffany Eunick died after a 13-year old boy copied moves he had seen in bouts televised by the Worldwide Wrestling Federation. [6]

See Also

References

  1. Newsweek Retracts Koran-Desecration Story, FOX News, May 17, 2005
  2. Confirmed: German Authorities Say De Palma’s Anti-Military Movie “Redacted” Motivated Frankfurt Jihadi to Murder American Airmen, March 11, 2011
  3. In Melinda Duckett Suicide Case, Nancy Grace Wants to Silence Cameras, CBS News, January 26, 2010
  4. NBC resolves lawsuit over 'To Catch a Predator' suicide, LA Times, June 24, 2008
  5. Man found guilty of second-degree murder in talk show slaying, CNN, November 12, 1996
  6. TV wrestling in the dock over death of girl, 6, UK Telegraphe, January 21, 2001