{"id":88340,"date":"2017-11-03T12:33:38","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T16:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=88340"},"modified":"2017-11-03T12:34:02","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T16:34:02","slug":"why-has-the-las-vegas-massacre-disappeared-from-the-news-cycle-zerohedge-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=88340","title":{"rendered":"Why Has The Las Vegas Massacre Disappeared From The News Cycle? &#8212; ZeroHedge.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>The Las Vegas Massacre, Amid A Revolving News Cycle, Demands More Public Questioning Rather Than Simply Fading Away<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->By Jon Hall<br \/>\nfmshooter.com<\/p>\n<p>It is without a doubt, our news cycle \u2013 in the age of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.techrepublic.com\/article\/does-24-7-connectivity-connect-us-or-leave-us-alone-together\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">24\/7 constant-connectedness<\/a>\u2013 moves at a breakneck pace. With so much information and news reaching us, it\u2019s easy to become overburdened and burned out on the world around us and the things taking place. It is true, too, that<strong>\u00a0the mainstream media dictates what stays center in the mind of the public and what is allowed to fade away<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>and be forgotten.<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>It is of the utmost importance we remain aware \u2013 however exhaustive it may be \u2013 of stories that just don\u2019t add up.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Enter the Las Vegas shooting; the worst mass-shooting in U.S. history\u2026<\/h3>\n<p>On October 1, 64-year-old Stephen Paddock opened fire on a country music festival from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel, which overlooked the festival venue. Paddock\u2019s onslaught\u00a0<strong>left 58 dead and 546 injured.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3450 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fmshooter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Untitled2.png?resize=479%2C415\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 479px) 100vw, 479px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/fmshooter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Untitled2.png?w=479 479w, http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/fmshooter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Untitled2.png?resize=300%2C260 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"479\" height=\"415\" data-attachment-id=\"3450\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/fmshooter.com\/las-vegas-massacre-amid-revolving-news-cycle-demands-public-questioning-rather-simply-fading-away\/untitled2-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fmshooter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Untitled2.png?fit=479%2C415\" data-orig-size=\"479,415\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Untitled2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fmshooter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Untitled2.png?fit=300%2C260\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/fmshooter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Untitled2.png?fit=479%2C415\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A full month later, and we are still without any answers. Even more worryingly,\u00a0<strong>the Vegas shooting has disappeared from any cable news channel. Even online, discussion over the shooting has all but vanished,<\/strong>\u00a0save from the more conspiratorial corners of the web.<\/p>\n<h3>Here are the facts:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>The official timeline of the Vegas shooting has\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2017\/10\/las-vegas-police-present-third-shooting-timeline-confusion-turns-anger-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">changed three times<\/a>.<\/strong>\u00a0A week before the attack,\u00a0<strong>Paddock\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2017\/oct\/03\/las-vegas-shooting-girlfriend-marilou-danley-person-of-interest-sheriff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wired $100,000<\/a>\u00a0to an account in the Philippines.<\/strong>Paddock also\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/10\/06\/us\/vegas-shooter-paddock-foreign-cruises\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">took cruises to ports in the Middle East<\/a>.<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Paddock\u2019s laptop was also<a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/las-vegas-shooters-laptop-missing-hard-drive\/story?id=50709285\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">missing its hard drive<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0when recovered in his hotel room.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a month of being told otherwise, it\u2019s now been revealed that\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/2017\/10\/31\/las-vegas-shooting-officer-fired-weapon-in-paddocks-suite-sheriff-says.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">police did discharge fire in Paddock\u2019s hotel room upon entry<\/a>\u2026\u00a0<strong>but why, if Paddock had already killed himself before police breached the room?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jesus Campos is the security guard who first reportedly found Paddock as he started his killing spree, and was shot in the leg in the process.\u00a0 However, he not only disappeared after scheduling several television interviews, but it\u2019s now been revealed\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/nypost.com\/2017\/10\/26\/jesus-campos-reportedly-left-the-country-days-after-vegas-massacre\/\">Campos reportedly left the country<\/a>\u00a0just days after the Vegas shooting.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Why did authorities let Campos leave the country in the middle of an investigation? How did Campos travel unhindered with a gunshot wound in his leg?<\/h3>\n<p>Not only that, but Campos was said to have been\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/2017\/10\/16\/las-vegas-guard-jesus-campos-vanished-after-visiting-urgent-care-clinic-union-leader-says.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">last heard from when he went to a walk-in health clinic<\/a>\u2026 but a spokesperson for UMC Quick Care \u2013 the facility Campos supposedly went to \u2013\u00a0<strong>said they had \u201cheard nothing\u201d about Campos visiting them.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On top of all of that, Campos only re-emerged to do a fluff, softball interview on Ellen.\u00a0<strong>DeGeneres guides Campos along the interview, essentially framing and explaining the timeline of events so Campos didn\u2019t have to.<\/strong>\u00a0At times, the interview even seems scripted. Don\u2019t take my word for that, I implore you to watch and see if you agree:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ellen Meets Las Vegas Survivors Jesus Campos and Stephen Schuck\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F7gj1FoRIfE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Plainly, things aren\u2019t adding up with the Vegas shooting.\u00a0<strong>Paddock was in an area with extremely heavy surveillance, yet no stills or video of him have been released to the public.<\/strong>\u00a0No potential motive has been released. Really, no answers to any of the questions that arose in result of the story not adding up have been addressed\u2026\u00a0<strong>instead, the Vegas massacre has vanished from cable news channels and the public mind.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Another note to add,\u00a0<strong>in just the span of a month, 4 survivors of the Vegas shooting have died.<\/strong>\u00a0Notably, both\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.snopes.com\/2017\/10\/14\/survivor-las-vegas-mass-shooting-dies-suddenly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kymberley Suchomel<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reviewjournal.com\/crime\/homicides\/coroner-ids-las-vegas-man-found-shot-dead-in-vacant-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Danny Contreras<\/a>\u00a0<strong>both publicly claimed there were multiple gunmen the night of the mass shooting.<\/strong>Dennis and Lorraine Carver\u00a0<strong>died after\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/10\/31\/us\/vegas-couple-shooting-crash-death-trnd\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">their Mercedes smashed into a metal gate and exploded into flames<\/a>.<\/strong>\u00a0Per CNN:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">The couple\u2019s youngest daughter, 16-year-old Madison Carver, told the\u00a0Las Vegas Review-Journal\u00a0that she heard the crash from her bedroom. When she ran outside and down the street to find out what had happened, she recognized her family\u2019s vehicle in flames.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>By the time their daughter heard the crash (which only happened about a half mile from the Carver\u2019s home) and ran down the road to see what had happened, the car was engulfed in flames\u2026\u00a0<strong>Much like everything else pertaining to the Vegas shooting, the story just doesn\u2019t make sense.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here we are, a month later \u2013 with exactly what we had immediately in the aftermath of the shooting:\u00a0<strong>nothing.<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>No answers, no coverage, no questions\u2026<em>nothing.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>All of us should be asking many questions \u2013 if only to ourselves \u2013 about why the narrative behind Vegas isn\u2019t adding up\u2026<\/h3>\n<p>Compare the massacre in Vegas to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nypost.com\/2017\/10\/31\/8-killed-truck-pedestrians-downtown-nyc-terror-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">terrorist attack that happened yesterday in New York<\/a>.\u00a0<strong>Within hours, we knew the name of the terrorist, had a picture of him, had his history as a refugee in the U.S. under a \u201cdiversity visa\u201d, and had a note declaring allegiance to ISIS.<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>We have\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/sayfullo-habibullaevic-saipov-truck-driver-nyc-suspect_us_59f9261de4b0d1cf6e914feb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">timelines<\/a>\u00a0and what the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/10\/31\/us\/timeline-new-york-attack\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">terrorist was doing in the hours, days before the attack<\/a>\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>\u2026yet in the case of Stephen Paddock, nothing.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3453\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3453 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/fmshooter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/171004-vegas-shooting-victims-grid-mn-1145_873f4d2f04d05229685b50d4558dde97.nbcnews-fp-1200-800.jpg?resize=960%2C640\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fmshooter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/171004-vegas-shooting-victims-grid-mn-1145_873f4d2f04d05229685b50d4558dde97.nbcnews-fp-1200-800.jpg?w=1200 1200w, http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/fmshooter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/171004-vegas-shooting-victims-grid-mn-1145_873f4d2f04d05229685b50d4558dde97.nbcnews-fp-1200-800.jpg?resize=300%2C200 300w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fmshooter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/171004-vegas-shooting-victims-grid-mn-1145_873f4d2f04d05229685b50d4558dde97.nbcnews-fp-1200-800.jpg?resize=768%2C512 768w, http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/fmshooter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/171004-vegas-shooting-victims-grid-mn-1145_873f4d2f04d05229685b50d4558dde97.nbcnews-fp-1200-800.jpg?resize=1024%2C683 1024w\" alt=\"\" width=\"870\" height=\"580\" data-attachment-id=\"3453\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/fmshooter.com\/las-vegas-massacre-amid-revolving-news-cycle-demands-public-questioning-rather-simply-fading-away\/171004-vegas-shooting-victims-grid-mn-1145_873f4d2f04d05229685b50d4558dde97-nbcnews-fp-1200-800\/\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/fmshooter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/171004-vegas-shooting-victims-grid-mn-1145_873f4d2f04d05229685b50d4558dde97.nbcnews-fp-1200-800.jpg?fit=1200%2C800\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"171004-vegas-shooting-victims-grid-mn-1145_873f4d2f04d05229685b50d4558dde97.nbcnews-fp-1200-800\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fmshooter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/171004-vegas-shooting-victims-grid-mn-1145_873f4d2f04d05229685b50d4558dde97.nbcnews-fp-1200-800.jpg?fit=300%2C200\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/fmshooter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/171004-vegas-shooting-victims-grid-mn-1145_873f4d2f04d05229685b50d4558dde97.nbcnews-fp-1200-800.jpg?fit=960%2C640\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The victims of the Las Vegas shooting \u2013 R.I.P.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We owe it to the victims to not let this simply fade away. We owe it to their memory to\u00a0<strong>ask why the narrative behind the shooting stinks.<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>We owe it to their legacy to question and demand answers from our public representatives when discussion and coverage is being obviously stone-walled.<\/strong>\u00a0Nary a peep has come from any legacy media concerning Vegas in the past month, and that alone should make you question what\u2019s really going on. You don\u2019t have to delve into conspiracy theories or hack-witted ideas of a hoax. Merely ask yourself\u2026<\/p>\n<h2>Where did the investigative coverage on the Vegas shooting go? Why did the story drop out of the news cycle with so many unanswered questions?<\/h2>\n<p><strong>The worst mass-shooting in America yet and seemingly everyone has shrugged their shoulders, thrown up their hands, and declared indifference until the next one.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3461 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/fmshooter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ramirez-vegas-kimmel.jpg?resize=703%2C511\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 703px) 100vw, 703px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/fmshooter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ramirez-vegas-kimmel.jpg?w=703 703w, http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/fmshooter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ramirez-vegas-kimmel.jpg?resize=300%2C218 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"487\" data-attachment-id=\"3461\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/fmshooter.com\/las-vegas-massacre-amid-revolving-news-cycle-demands-public-questioning-rather-simply-fading-away\/ramirez-vegas-kimmel\/\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fmshooter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ramirez-vegas-kimmel.jpg?fit=703%2C511\" data-orig-size=\"703,511\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ramirez vegas kimmel\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/fmshooter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ramirez-vegas-kimmel.jpg?fit=300%2C218\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fmshooter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ramirez-vegas-kimmel.jpg?fit=703%2C511\" \/><\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/fmshooter.com\/las-vegas-massacre-amid-revolving-news-cycle-demands-public-questioning-rather-simply-fading-away\/\">http:\/\/fmshooter.com\/las-vegas-massacre-amid-revolving-news-cycle-demands-public-questioning-rather-simply-fading-away\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Las Vegas Massacre, Amid A Revolving News Cycle, Demands More Public Questioning Rather Than Simply Fading Away<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=88340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88340\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=88340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=88340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=88340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}