Imagine the horror of 19 schoolchildren and 2 teachers herded together into a classroom before they are slaughtered by a teen with a weapon that tore them apart

A woman leaving the Civic Center in Uvalde, Texas, reflects the grief we all feel after a deranged teenager killed 19 schoolchildren and 2 teachers in the small city near the Texas-Mexican border on Tuesday.

The news media must confront the gun lobby's bought and sold reps in the U.S. Congress

VICTOR E. SASSON

EDITOR

HACKENSACK, N.J. -- How big is CNN, the global news gathering organization? 

Big enough to obtain photos of the horrific slaughter inside a single classroom in Texas where 19 schoolchildren and 2 teachers were cut apart by bullets from an assault rifle on Tuesday?

Unlikely. When have you ever seen photos like that? 

How about The New York Times? 

Imagine if reporters from CNN or The Times could use those photos to confront public officials like the governor of Texas, Sen. Ted Cruz and all others in the U.S. Congress who oppose any reform in background checks and other measures that could stop such tragedies.

"Is this what you favor? Is this carnage acceptable in return for the blood money you take from the gun lobby?"

Instead, those officials get treated with kid gloves, and are allowed to perpetuate the myth that the federal government wants to "take away our guns."

And the news media simply repeat those lies.