{"id":9993,"date":"2014-03-24T08:27:18","date_gmt":"2014-03-24T12:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=9993"},"modified":"2014-03-24T08:27:18","modified_gmt":"2014-03-24T12:27:18","slug":"wpix-takes-a-stand-for-gun-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=9993","title":{"rendered":"WPIX takes a stand for gun control"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pix11.com\" target=\"_blank\">WPIX<\/a> has decided to give up any pretense of objectivity and go all in for gun control.  Here&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.richardjgraziano.com\/rich-graziano-president-general-manager-pix11-spoke-gun-violence-steps-city-hall-manhattan-today-alongside-councilmember-jumaane-williams-activist-tamika-mallory-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">their general manager<\/a> promoting <em>&#8220;Gun Violence Awareness Month&#8221;<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/9xrP-wlmwM4?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Are you aware of &#8220;gun violence&#8221;?  Yes, I am.  So what?  The general public doesn&#8217;t care about feel good nonsense like this.<\/p>\n<p>If only the station and politicians featured in the ad had the courage to take a stand for something substantive, like <a href=\"http:\/\/townhall.com\/columnists\/patrickhannaford\/2014\/03\/18\/bill-de-blasio-attacks-new-york-citys-charter-schools-n1810960\" target=\"_blank\">demanding children get a quality education<\/a>, everyone would be much better off.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D9993&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=9993\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=9993\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=9993\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WPIX has decided to give up any pretense of objectivity and go all in for gun control. Here&#8217;s their general manager promoting &#8220;Gun Violence Awareness Month&#8221;: Are you aware of &#8220;gun violence&#8221;? Yes, I am. So what? The general public doesn&#8217;t care about feel good nonsense like this. 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