Episode 52

Sword and Scale

Incongruity

History, Society & Culture, True Crime, Documentary

4.0 • 63.8K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2015

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

It's one thing to talk about gun violence, it's quite another to see it up close on live television. In this episode of Sword and Scale we take you back to one of the first examples of a life being lost on live television: the suicide of Budd Dwyer, an American politician who had been convicted of bribe receiving. However, before his sentence of 55 years' imprisonment and a $300,000 fine could be imposed Dwyer chose to take his life with a blued Smith & Wesson Model 27 .357 Magnum revolver at a press conference he had himself called. A few weeks ago we were once again exposed to a display of gun violence on live television, when disgruntled reporter Vester Lee Flanagan II who also went by the alias, Bryce Williams, shot and killed a young reporter and cameraman and injured a third innocent woman. The media has refused to show the footage of this killing, giving one reason or another for their censorship of newsworthy information. ABC News and the local Sheriff's department have also refused to release the killer's 23-page manifesto despite the Freedom of Information Act, citing some nonsense about glorifying the killer. They have, on the other hand, provided 24-hour news coverage about the event and named the killer repeatedly. The father of the reporter that was killed, Andy Parker, has vowed to shame lawmakers into creating some meaningful legislation rather than kowtowing to the NRA's lobbyists. In his words, "We’ve got to do something about crazy people getting guns."

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0:00.0	Sword and Scale contains adult themes and violence.
0:03.0	It is not intended for all audiences.
0:05.0	Listener discretion is advised.
0:11.0	A phone call came in, and it was my wife calling from the ambulance.
0:15.0	She called me and said that she'd been shot,
0:19.0	and that she loved me, and she'd see me at the hospital.
0:23.6	Welcome to Sword and Scale, Episode 52, a show that reveals that the worst monsters are real.
0:45.9	I'm your host, Mike Boudet.
1:06.1	I'm your host, heard by now of our Indiegogo fundraising campaign.
1:11.1	Quite a lot of you have already contributed, although not quite as many as I expected.
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2:01.6	time to come. The story we're about to tell you this week is a very, very sad one, but also
2:08.4	quite fascinating. This is one of those that may really affect some people. So be forewarned,
2:16.3	and as the opener always says, sword and scale is not intended for all audiences. Jesus. On January 22, 1987, former Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate and the 30th
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