GabyGiffords http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/1880/all en CNN Goes After Arizona's Gun Laws as Major Factor in Shooting http://archive2.mrc.org/bias-alerts/cnn-goes-after-arizonas-gun-laws-major-factor-shooting <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/matthew-balan">Matthew Balan</a> </div> </div> </div> <p style="float: right;">&nbsp;</p><p style="float: right;"><img src="http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-01-10-CNN-NR-Baldwin.jpg" width="240" height="180" /></p><p> On Monday's Newsroom, CNN treated Arizona's gun laws as a significant contributor to the shootings in Tucson. Correspondent Jessica Yellin prompted the local prosecutor to spout her pro-gun control views. Anchor Brooke Baldwin highlighted a local Republican's gun-toting ad and the infamous clip of an anti-Obama protester carrying a semi-automatic rifle outside a 2009 presidential event in Arizona.</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/bias-alerts/cnn-goes-after-arizonas-gun-laws-major-factor-shooting" target="_blank">read more</a></p> BiasAlerts News Analysis Division Arizona BarbaraLaWall BiasAlert BrookeBaldwin CNN CNNNewsroom GabyGiffords Guns JessicaYellin JimKolbe liberalmediabias Tue, 11 Jan 2011 03:12:00 +0000 37188 at http://archive2.mrc.org