http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081224/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_burress_search_warrant
I am not a Plaxico Burress fan. He's an idiot. He had a license, allowed it to lapse, but was a "big" enough man to still carry his gun in a state and bar where guns are outright banned. He deserves the punishment he has coming to him, for being stupid.
The news reporting services are just as bad. They flaunt themselves as being superior. They create sensationalism where none exists. For example:
Authorities seized a small cache of weapons and ammunition from the New Jersey home of New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress, the New York Post and Newsday both reported Wednesday, possibly setting up the embattled player for more legal trouble.
The Post, citing anonymous law enforcement sources, said a 9-mm handgun, a rifle and ammunition for three other guns — a .380, a .45 and a .40, the same caliber of gun Burress accidentally shot himself with — were seized during the execution of a search warrant at Burress' home in Totowa.
"Citing anonymous" sources...Ok, Deep Throat !! 3 guns is a not a cache, small or large. I have a larger "cache" then that in my car. The reporter, who is unnamed, could just say that Burress "had three guns and some ammunition in his home." He has to use the word cache, which is always used with gangs and drug raids.
How's that for fair and impartial reporting?
