Say anything. The media don't care if it's true.

The lazy and irresponsible media is at it again. A nutcase Republican running for Arizona's 1st Congressional District, Gary Kiehne, says most mass shootings in the U.S. are committed by Democrats. Naturally the news media report this incendiary comment without spending one moment doing research. Why should they? It's a sound bite that's sure to arouse interest. Does it even matter if it's true? And if it is true, do the shootings have anything to do with politics?  How fortunate our society is for those among us who are rumormongers or politicians without any morals or standards. They know they can say any vicious thing they want in public and some desperate reporter will rush off to get it in the early news or late edition. Perry White is dead.