Thursday, October 29, 2009

Media crowning off -duty officer who shot and killed a hospital Psychiatrist 's 'stabber' "Hero" ?

One can see the how biased the media is in handling this incident where a mentally ill man was shot and killed by  an off-duty security officer, Paul M. Langone, with a license to carry a gun. One wonders why a security officer with all his training, (and on his way to becoming a Boston Police cop, according to today's Boston Herald story, page 4 ),armed with a destructive weapon( a gun) did not aim at the hand with the knife , but the head area?  His judgement in the use of such a powerful weapon  is pathetic! The media has overlooked the fact that the deceased was a mentally ill patient and that he also left a  family towhich he was a father, a husband and a provider and highlighted the plight of a psychiatrist? The media has not put hospital (Mass General Hospital) on the spot for not having security in place for their staff and patients to the extent that this poor psychiatrist was only lucky that an off duty officer happened to be there to rescue her!!! All this shows how conventional wisdom and being biased could taint the image of the profession of Journalism.
   *This incident took place on Tuesday, October 27th 2009. This is the story....
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20091027shooting_in_medical_office_building_leaves_2_injured/

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