Did Paranoid Right-Wing Media Fuel the Pittsburgh Cop Killer's Rage?
Richard Poplawski, the man who allegedly murdered three Pittsburgh cops, was clearly influenced by Fox News's Glenn Beck and right-wing radio.
Poplawski was a neo-Nazi wannabe who railed against blacks, Jews, "Zionists," and gun control. And like many members of the far-right fringe, he allegedly visited Jones' Web sites and posted alarming reports by Jones' writers on the white supremacist message board, Stormfront. (Poplawski's posts are here, authored under the handle, "Braced For Fate.") While Alex Jones generally avoids overt racism, he has found an eager audience on Stormfront by conjuring ... Full Story »
Posted by Dwight Rousu
The limits to freedom of speech are usually capsulized with the "You can't yell FIRE in a crowded theater." It seems dangerously inflammatory paranoid delusions might come under that category also.