Holmes's mother suggests ABC News mischaracterized her statement

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Holmes's mother suggests ABC News mischaracterized her statement

Arlene Holmes, the mother of Colorado theater shooting suspect James Holmes, has suggested that ABC News mischaracterized her when it reported that her initial statement to the reporter, "you have the right person," was a reference to her son.

"This statement is to clarify a statement made by ABC media. I was awakened by a call from a reporter by ABC on July 20 about 5:45 in the morning. I did not know anything about a shooting in Aurora at that time," Holmes said in a statement this afternoon, read to the national press by attorney Lisa Damiani. "He asked if I was Arlene Holmes and if my son was James Holmes who lives in Aurora, Colorado. I answered yes, you have the right person. I was referring to myself."

(See also: Full coverage Colorado theater shooting)

"I asked him to tell me why he was calling and he told me about a shooting in Aurora," she continues. "He asked for a comment. I told him I could not comment because I did not know if the person he was talking about was my son, and I would need to find out."

http://www.politico.com/blogs/media...sts-abc-news-mischaracterized-her-129835.html

 

[RockX]

LOL

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[Damocles]

ABC has really sucked at this story. First with that idiot claiming to have found him in the TEA Party, then this, deliberate IMO, mischaracterization...

Somebody needs to point out that they're doing it wrong by now. Kind of like See B.S. I don't watch their news once I found out that they'll report whatever they want even if it is based on fake memos and then defend it with "but that is what he would have said, I swear!"