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WSJ, Media Outlets Slammed for Spreading Feds' False Claim That Kirk Shooter Expressed 'Transgender Ideology' (www.commondreams.org)
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The Wall Street Journal and other media outlets are facing widespread criticism after spreading the false claim that the shooter of Charlie Kirk expressed "transgender ideology," stirring a hateful right-wing backlash against trans people.

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[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 44 points 4 days ago

The people who would be enraged by this information do not care. They’ve already decided who has to pay.

[–] Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 31 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

It's too late. I've been watching my MAGA relative's deranged Facebook screeching about the radical leftist democrat shooter for two days straight. Redactions are fake news to them.

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Let me fix that for you:

~~Reactions~~ Anything that doesn't align with their feelings is fake news to them.

You could publish two contradictory statements at the same time, and they would cherry-pick the one they agree with while dismissing the one they don't as fake or liberal propaganda.

[–] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

It's called confirmation bias and is sadly super-charged by social media engagement algorithms.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 27 points 4 days ago

Yeah but see "commondreams" already knows this and people who read that know this - if this story isn't on FoxNews, it's just wankery.

Corporate News Sewers are completely in the tank for fascists, full stop. (I know - you already know that)

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 18 points 4 days ago

Can they please stop using slammed in news titles. Jesus. Yawah. Please listen to this poor news reading soul. Help.

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

You all know the most proximal and immediate reason why they did it, right?

They... were afraid.

Remember the whole... Epstein birthday card thing?

That story they broke?

And then Trump sued them for $10 gorillionbabillion dollars?

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-epstein-birthday-card-wsj-lawsuit-b2791930.html

Yeah, yeah, this is what trying to get back in Trump's good graces looks like.

An orgasm of fear and violence, and hatred.

[–] mysticpickle@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 days ago

SLAMMED

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What kind of idiot agent thinks the manufacturing stamp on a commons brand of ammunition is a trans thing stamped on by the shooter? Lol

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Cops, and lying cops

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 5 points 4 days ago

Is it really "backlash" if their vicious hate of LGBTQ+ (and especially transgender) people led to the shooting in the first place?

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

A deliberate error.

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world -4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Honestly, they were running with information from federal law enforcement so I don't blame them completely here and I find that the criticism really belongs to the completely inept, partisan, gutted feds.

[–] Nastybutler@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

Nah. As the saying goes, "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me 872 times, shame on me."