Sloppy mainstream reporting on basic gun facts points to pervasive failure

This is important and hardly splitting hairs. For many in the television audience, the talking heads do so with apparent authority, so if the professionals don’t know enough to provide accurate reporting, how can we reasonably expect their viewers to know the difference? And if the reporters are this clueless about such basic and easily verifiable information, how can we expect they will be versed enough to report on any aspect of the gun issue, including about rights and laws, and not expect the same sloppy results? [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column notes that when their malpractice is not due to a deliberate agenda,  too many "Authorized Journalists" are far too often simply not qualified to competently report on anything having to do with guns.