Archive
December 16, 2012
Gun Shops See Big Sales Weekend After Shooting
Long lines and brisk retail. Store owners chalk it up to holiday shopping.
How The NRA Twitter Handles A Mass Shooting: Silence
The model is to go silent for at least a day, depending on the scope of the tragedy.
Watch Saturday Night Live's Powerful Cold Open
The Manhattan Children’s Chorus Singing “Silent Night."
Westboro Baptist Church Members Say They Will Protest In Sandy Hook
Members reported on Twitter that they would protest Sandy Hook Elementary School. Reddit members have already begun planning a counter protest.
The Heroes Of Sandy Hook
Three of the women who risked their lives to save their students were killed in the Newtown, Connecticut, massacre.
Republicans Set To Confirm John Kerry
"Kerry gets a pass."
Someone Was Using the Newtown Shootings To Get Twitter Followers
Yesterday at 2:27 p.m. –— just a few hours after the shooting in Connecticut was first reported — an account called @CTNewtown was created. The account's first tweet claimed it would donate money to Sandy Hook elementary and the victims for every retweet. UPDATE: The Twitter account was deleted on Saturday night, shortly after this post was published.
