Friday, August 10, 2007

Ryan Horsley Video Interview

WarOnGuns has talked about the deficiencies in reporting on Red's Trading Post by High Country Times, first in the "Guns R Us" piece, and then in the "Ready, Aim, Compromise" editorial.

By contrast, their video interview comes off as balanced--it's easy to see why Ryan Horsley would feel a reporter asking such questions in such a manner would be sympathetic, and Ryan comes across more than anything else as a decent man.

One thing struck me as particularly ironic, and it didn't happen until the last few seconds of the last video segment, "Ryan Horsley on the 2nd Amendment." I recalled that the interviewer and reporter, Ray Ring, made a specific point in his story of telling readers that JPFO's "The Gang" video "includes no substantial interviews with ATF staffers."

Well, gee, Mr. Ring. Based on your admission that "The feds have been characteristically tight-lipped about their enforcement actions," I wonder why, particularly considering the last frame of your video interview:

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I don't get it. On the one hand, Ray Ring writes a clearly anti-gun hit piece, but on the other hand, this video is pretty good at letting our side be heard. Ray even tries to clarify some of what Ryan was trying to say, without twisting it to make us look bad.

David Codrea said...

Set 'em up...knock 'em down.

Ryan Horsley said...

I did think it was a bit bizarre when he asked me to sit the Century Arms RPK in front of me for the interview but it makes a bit more sense now.