More ‘Impactful’ Than Any Gun Control Group!

MSNBC host Stephanie Ruhle on Tuesday enthusiastically embraced advocacy journalism, praising teen reporters from Parkland high school as more “impactful” than any gun control group. Ruhle eagerly pushed the students on what more they could do to sway the 2020 presidential election.  She cheered, “There is not a gun control group that was as impactful as you and other students were on the midterms. The 2020 election is coming. How important is it to people of your generation?” Obviously, everyone supports these students highlighting the lives lost and putting a spotlight on the issue of gun violence and what can be done about it. But as far as Ruhle is concerned, There’s no debate here: More gun control is the solution. She marveled about “what has happened in gun control since the shooting” and lobbied: Blurring the lines of journalism and the Democratic Party, Ruhle highlighted the rabidly anti-Second Amendment 2020 candidate Eric Swalwell[1]: “I think of Eric Swalwell. He launched [his campaign] with a town hall with Parkland students.” She continued: Rebecca Schneid, the editor in chief of the Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School student newspaper embraced the idea that it’s the responsibility of journalists to accomplish gun control. She spoke to Ruhle of “politicians that don't necessarily listen to us and what we have to say.” A transcript is below. Click “expand” to read more.  MSNBC Live5/28/199:55AM ET STEPHANIE RUHLE: Today, winners of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize will gather here in New York to celebrate stories that changed our conversations, rocked societal norms and uncovered harsh truths over the last year. One group of extraordinary reporters attending that ceremony did not win, but they got a very special mention when the winners were announced back in April. For an assignment they did not ask for, a memorial issue for 17 students and teachers whose

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