04-28-2015, 11:04 AM
(04-28-2015, 10:38 AM)Jimbone Wrote: ETA: Quoting and posting an article from a liberal hitman is hardly objective BTW. Dave Weigel has to resign from the Washington Post because he belonged to Ezra Klein's JournoList group (which was a liberal only, online group for journalists).
It was a source that had quotes from several pundits, along with the video (you posted it separately while I was commenting) in one place.
The quotes by pundits quoted therein are accurate to the best of my knowledge, and the video of Rawlings making the statement in context is authentic, so it's a suitable efficient source and there's no question of "objectivity" here.
The mayor is getting heat for not requesting heavy police reinforcement in advance and underestimating the volatility as well. There's also criticism of the city's decision to close schools today. I don't know if those criticisms are valid or not, could be. I think she must really be in a tricky spot trying to respect opposition while trying to restrict violence.
Here's a source for that criticism: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-p...story.html
I simply did not interpret the mayor's words the way they've been interpreted by others and never said anyone "twisted' them.