RANDOM SHOOTINGS IN THE DIGITAL ERA. WHEN WE CAN SEE THINGS IN REAL TIME, WHY DO THE FACTS NEVER ADD UP?

Before I go off on our terrible media coverage of anything resembling breaking news, I would like to congratulate the Boston Red Sox and the people of Boston who showed up this weekend for the Duck Boat Parade and did not behave like bi-polar, drunken monkeys. That's where I was this weekend, taking pictures and video which I will post on my Facebook page later today and I would like to comment on how well the police, fans and players all treated each other with respect and kindness. Only a handful of people were arrested for drunk and disorderly and, considering millions showed up to watch, that is saying something. So way to go Boston and thank you for not acting like total retards.

This week we saw one shooting that got national news at LAX and another that may or may not have been something, as an armed gunman was seen walking into a college dorm at my old alma mater, Central CT State University. News about what is going on is sparse at best. On the opposite end of the spectrum, we have Paul Ciancia (which coincidental spells CIA N CIA), the LAX shooter, for which no tidbit, no matter how wrong, has led the media to yet another full scale meltdown in reporting the truth. This is what we get now, no information at all, or information that is riddled with misleading or just plain wrong data. Why is our news media so bad?

With the CCSU case, cops took their sweet time getting there so I am led to believe that they knew there was no danger. The call to the police came in at noon, campus police showed up immediately and then waited an hour and a half for the Newington SWAT team to arrive. Video is out there of the cops leisurely entering a dorm, strongly suggesting that this whole thing was nothing. But as the cops are so tight lipped about the whole thing still, no one knows for sure. Meanwhile, panicked students are huddling in their rooms or classes, with no idea what the hell is going on. Nothing like spreading fear because the police lately seem to be refusing to co-operate with media outlets with any information.

A few weeks back in Andover. MA, a popular teacher was murdered by her 14 year old student. There is still no motive for the killing, even though the suspect has allegedly confessed, meaning the cops must know what has happened. How is it not in public good to release said information? This is not an isolated incident either as this kind of gag order seems to be spreading to all law enforcement for seem to think the 1st amendment is a suggestion and not a law. This lack of sharing with ANY information is not good for any society.

Now because of this, the media is relying on less than stellar contacts to get information that the police are refusing to share. This is leading to some of the worst reporting in the history of mankind. First off, eyewitness testimony is usually so bad, it must be ignored. Early reports of the gunman at LAX being an ex-TSA agent proved to be horribly wrong (sent by Fox and CBS) and there is still some question as to whether he was wearing camouflage, all black or a TSA outfit. How can we not even agree as to what the man was wearing for God's sake? Is that really vital to the prosecution of this guy? Because of this constant discrepancies, many scream CONSPIRACY at the top of their lungs while in reality the rest of us should be screaming THE MEDIA SUCKS.

I would also like to point out one startling difference in Ciancia from previous shooters: he's not someone who would have been committed in a heartbeat like the others. Yes he's definitely out there, but believing in the New World Order and seeing the TSA as a bunch of dickless douchebags is hardly a stretch. I write about that stuff all the time and I am not insane in any way. Did he take it too far? Absolutely. But is he wrong? Hardly. I have been waiting for this type of terrorist to show up for some time and I am stunned it took this long. Ciancia was an unemployed motorcycle mechanic which means our economy is garbage if you can't find work in that field. It's one of the processions I recommend to people because, at least around here, I see a lot of job opening for mechanics. But maybe that is changing as our economy is self destructing before our very eyes.

It is also telling that no one is calling this terrorism as the gunman was several shades lighter than what our government believes terrorist should be. Had this guy been black or Muslim, trust me, they would have written the word TERRORIST in big letters in the sky. As he's white, not so much apparently.

The point of all of this is out police don't want to give ANY information about anything anymore, the media is making stuff up to counter-act this ongoing press blackout, and the American people are losing faith in both. This is how civilizations end, something I learned at CCSU. The fact that my theory is playing out in real time there right now, is the ultimate irony.