“Brendan Nugent [went] on to allegedly drive a Toyota LandCruiser into the independent MP Helen Haines in a targeted attack”
(The Guardian)
I don’t care about the car’s model name or brand so why is it always specified in news stories or podcasts?
Also, why don’t we do that with everything else?
“The robber took her Longchamp bag before fleeing on his Minimotors Dualtron Mini. A witness saw the scene an called the police with their iPhone 18 Pro.”
Sounds fun, right?
The AR-15 thing is funny to me. Notice whenever an AR-15 is used in a shooting it’s BIG NEWS? Now think back on the guy in Maine who killed a bunch of people. (God damned was that guy screaming for help. Reg flags flying high.) Took me 3-days to find a news report on the gun used. It was an AR-10, basically the same as an AR-15. ducks as gun nuts throw rotten tomatoes.
But they didn’t report that because no one gives a shit about an AR-10. Very few have heard of one, not newsworthy. Now consider the public’s opinion of AR-15’s, the Toyota Corolla of guns. Not the best at anything, certainly not killing humans, but reliable, simple, inexpensive, customizable, AHH!
Anyway, I know I’m off topic. Merely puzzled as to why our billionaire media overlords would want public opinion turned against a simple, easy, cheap(ish), reliable rifle. One ponders what they would do if we built working guillotines…