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James Holmes

• A Conservative vs. Liberal Media Comparison

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• CNN News Liberal

• ABC News - Conservative

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ABC World News

• A search for answers.
• How many people knew, James Holmes was spiraling
  towards violence.
• Mug shot
• Police officers in tears recalling the events
• 911 Tape
• I knew I needed to get them to the hospital, I
  didnt want any one else to die.
• Very, very relaxed .. Detached. - Showed little
  emotion
• Looked like an ordinary human being.
• Motive? State of mind? How many people saw the
  warning signs?
• Mentally ill
• Called his psychiatrist 9 minutes before the
  shooting.
• Reportedly told his psychiatrist that he
  fantasized about killing people
• Competent to stand trial? Legal experts say it
  should be easy for the prosecution.

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CNN

• Graduate student
• Middle upper class upbringing
• Outstanding academic record
• How does this honors student, Ph. D. candidate,
  budding neuroscientist suddenly become a
  different person?
• Dressed armed to kill.
• Chief of police details how Holmes was allegedly
  dressed
• Was the person delusional? Was there mental
  illness involved?
• New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, Clearly
  looked like a deranged individual .. Hair painted
  red .. The Joker.
• References the shooting of Congresswoman Giffords
  Virginia Tech plotting, planning, killing
• End result mental insanity
• Shows pictures of the guns allegedly used
  receipt of gear

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• ABC

• CNN

• Why?
• Imagined Story Lines
• The Blame Game
• Assumptions
• Playing off of human emotion
• Ordinary human being?
• False Hope

• Facts / Bio
• Presumptions
• Details
• Asks questions
• Opinion matters
• References past shootings
• Scare Tactics

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