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Silly MSM

The main stream media is just silly. I mean, they say that they report the news, but so often it seems that they only report the parts they want. Take this story, (found via crimene.ws)

Police arrested a teen suspected of trying to lure three young girls into a stolen vehicle after a group of parents confronted the boy at a Scottsdale elementary school.

The teen fought with a group of as many as 10 parents Monday evening at Copper Ridge Elementary School, 10100 E. Thompson Peak Parkway after the parents used their vehicles to trap the teen on campus until officers arrived.

The 16-year-old boy told officers he escaped from a bus traveling to a "group home" in the West Valley before going to a friend who reportedly gave him a stolen Buick sedan, which he drove to the Scottsdale school.

Police released the boy's name; however, The Republic is withholding it because he is a juvenile.


Because he is a juvenile? Really? The police release it, but the news won't? I know, you're thinking that this is limited to just this one news source, but it's not. In fact, another news source released the name, and then had second thoughts and withdrew the name from their story.

I wanted to know the name of the perp- because lets face it, we have a right to know. So, I did a Yahoo News Search for "Copper Ridge Elementary School", and the first results were:

Mob of parents corners suspect until police arrive Open this result in new window
KTVK Phoenix - 2 hours, 8 minutes ago
A suspect accused of trying to lure children at a Scottsdale elementary school was corralled by a mob of parents before police arrested him Monday. According to Scottsdale police, a parent spotted Anthony Ross chatting with three girls at Copper Ridge Elementary School
But, evidently after posting the story, KTVK had a change of heart on sharing his name, so they removed it from the story, the story on their site now reads:

A suspect accused of trying to lure children at a Scottsdale elementary school was corralled by a mob of parents before police arrested him Monday.

According to Scottsdale police, a parent spotted the suspect chatting with three girls at Copper Ridge Elementary School in Scottsdale.

I don't know about you, but I take offense to people who believe that just because some pervert is under 18, they should have some sort of extra protection despite the fact that they are openly attempting to prey on our children.

So, since the news media in Arizona doesn't seem to think it's important that you know the suspected perp's name, I'm going to go ahead and give it to you a few times:

Anthony Ross Anthony Ross Anthony Ross Anthony Ross Anthony Ross Anthony Ross Anthony Ross Anthony Ross Anthony Ross Anthony Ross

Now, this is important, because according to yet another news story that didn't run the name either:

The teen was released to a guardian at his group home and is facing charges of aggravated assault, endangerment and possession of a stolen vehicle.

Yep, he was released. Back to the same group home, because after all- they did such a good job of watching him to begin with.
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