From: dannyb@panix.com
In INVALID_SEE_SIG@example.com.invalid (J.D.
Baldwin) writes:
>I wrote:
>> Some sources are claiming that he was hit by shattered teleprompter
>> glass, not by a bullet directly. At least one source claims that
>> the Secret Service has confirmed this.
>And now the story has disappeared down the memory hole and no one at
>all is claiming this, so I conclude that it was false. And
>furthermore, based on long-established media practice, I conclude that
>it was a fabrication[1] for the purpose of making the injury sound
>less serious.
First, let's point out that this is a distinction
without a difference. The shooter fired numerous
bullets at the candidate, and whether the injuries
were from a fortuitously grazing chunk of metal or
a piece of flying glass, etc., the bigger story
remains the same. TFG was a target of an assassination
attempt.
Second, from my own personal experience having seen
some dozens of gun shot wounds, including grazes
of extremries and... of yes, someone's ass... gotta
tell you that Wierd Things like This Can Happen [tm]
and it would take close examination to determine
one way or another. And the photos taken from
20 feet, etc., away, don't give enough detail [a].
Third, of course, is that if this was a real question
that mattered, the former President could release
his medical records.
But again, it doesn't make a difference.
[a] presumably someone, a dozen someones, might
have higher resolution images in their cameras/phones
and these might make it to the public eye sometime.
And if we're really lucky, David Burnett was there...
obdman:
https://www.dpreview.com/articles/2937027624/photographer-david-
urnett-at-today-s-impeachment-hearings
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