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Editorial: Newspaper shooting was an attack on us all

Deadly rampage against Maryland newsroom highlights threat journalists face worldwide

Photos of five journalists adorn candles during a vigil Friday, June 29, across the street from where they were slain in their newsroom a day earlier in Annapolis, Md. From left, Gerald Fischman, Rob Hiaasen, John McNamara, Rebecca Smith and Wendi Winters. (Jose Luis Magana, Associated Press)

07012018 GAZETTE — Photos of five journalists adorn candles during a vigil Friday, June 29, across the street from where they were slain in their newsroom a day earlier in Annapolis, Md. From left, Gerald Fischman, Rob Hiaasen, John McNamara, Rebecca Smith and Wendi Winters. (Jose Luis Magana, Associated Press)

It is a telling commentary on the state of our nation that many, upon hearing of the shootings Thursday at the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland, wondered if the motivation for the attack was political in nature.