Take New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, for example.
On Jan 8, 2011, in Tucson, Ariz., Jared Loughner murdered six people and gravely wounded Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. That very day (published the next day), based on nothing, Paul Krugman wrote that the murders were a result of hate-filled rhetoric that saturates conservative and Republican life.
"When you heard the terrible news from Arizona, were you completely surprised? Or were you, at some level, expecting something like this atrocity...











Note to Paul Krugman: Here's Real "Eliminationist" Rhetoric