CNN host Alisyn Camerota confronted National Rifle Association spokeswoman Dana Loesch on Friday over her comments at CPAC claiming that many in the media “love” mass shootings.
“Dana, it’s just malicious, actually, that you would say that,” Camerota said. “I don’t know anybody in the media who likes mass shootings, you’re wrong on every single level. … How dare you?”
But Loesch defended her comments, saying the media loves the “ratings aspect of it.”
“It’s true because it’s wall-to-wall coverage. They put the murderer’s face up on loop, on televisions all across America, even more than they discuss the victims or survivors. That individual’s name has been mentioned and is still mentioned on your network,” Loesch said.
Loesch claimed that CNN has been equally “malicious” because it has allowed “accusations against me and millions of law abiding Americans to be indicted as child murders” to stand without correction.
“That NRA members are somehow complicit in this, you’ve allowed that to stand uncorrected on your network,” she said.
Camerota then suggested that the NRA actually “does bare some responsibility” for coming up with solutions to gun violence and said the group needs to “come to the table.”
“No, we absolutely do not. We’re parents too. We want to be able to make sure our kids are also safe,” Loesch said.
“Of course you do!” Camerota said. “You have a stake in this and you have to come up with solutions.”
Loesch then went on to repeat the NRA’s line blaming the FBI for failing to act on a tip about the alleged shooter and calling on politicians to force states to submit criminal records to the National Crime Information Center so that background checks work better. She also said the NRA is opposed to a Trump-supported proposal to increase the age for purchasing a rifle to 21 because when she was 20, she felt that she needed a rifle to protect herself.
The NRA has been heavily criticized in recent days from those in who support tightening gun laws after the latest mass shooting at a Florida high school that left 17 people dead.
Watch a clip of the interview below:
Dana Loesch is a skin job. A replicant. She has to be. She can’t really be a human being.
I think Dana Loesch, Sarah Sanders, and Kelly Ann Conway all came from the same production facility.
I really think they’ve misplayed this one. They’re playing base politics like they’re a political party - they’re not. They’re also not an “association” as they’re fond of saying. They’re essentially an industry lobbying group. That’s the reality everyone - including them, up to a few years ago at least - understood.
Gun sales are down - that’s another reality. Horrifying events like this aren’t helping those sales. Opposing the victims of these events is going to bring about diminishing returns - the only people who aren’t horrified by that are the people the NRA’s already brought over.
Instead of broadening the appeal of guns, the NRA is serving to limit the appeal to a select group of increasingly extreme right-wingers. That’s just bad for business - and THAT is how the NRA really ends. They stop serving their actual purpose: selling as many guns as possible.
what CCN should say is that in blaming the media the NRA is also blaming conservative news outlets as well its self b/c it too covered the shootings…b/c covering such events is what the news is for…the NRA is single out non fox networks in tis ratings claims which is bull shit…
The fact that the NRA sez it doesnt and wont do anything should be something that gains traction towards voters in 18’. I would think that if more people knew about their stance and their GOP contributions the GOP should lose both houses easily…
Look in the mirror, Dana!
Vampire’s have no reflection.