{"id":1906969,"date":"2023-03-29T23:43:03","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T03:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/9-worst-media-reactions-to-the-nashville-school-shooting\/"},"modified":"2023-03-29T23:43:38","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T03:43:38","slug":"9-worst-media-reactions-to-the-nashville-school-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/9-worst-media-reactions-to-the-nashville-school-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"9 Worst Media Reactions to the Nashville School Shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F9-worst-media-reactions-to-the-nashville-school-shooting%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1906969&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<p><h2>Media cover anti-Christian rampage by trans shooter like anti-trans rampage by Christian <\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption> \t\t\t\tGetty Images\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>What happened<\/strong>: The mainstream media reacted in typical fashion to the anti-Christian <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/nashville-shooter-messaged-friend-minutes-before-rampage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">school shooting<\/a> in Nashville earlier this week, proceeding to lose their minds when police revealed that the murderous psychopath who <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/female-shooter-kills-3-children-3-adults-in-nashville-school-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">killed<\/a> six people, including three children, identified as transgender.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/claim-yours-ots-fbeacon-ads-30?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=fbeaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023marchots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t<\/a> \t\t<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/claim-yours-ots-fbeacon-ads-30?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=fbeaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023marchots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t<\/a> \t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Here are nine of the worst media reactions to the tragedy, in no particular order:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1) Conservatives seize!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/right-blame-gender-identity-not-guns-nashville-shooting-rcna76969\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC News<\/a>: &#8220;In the hours after the shooting at a private Christian school in Nashville on Monday, some conservatives rushed to blame the massacre on the suspect\u2019s gender identity, connecting the tragedy to their national crusade against transgender rights.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>One of the examples cited was a (factually accurate)\u00a0<em>New York Post<\/em> headline: &#8220;Transgender killer targets Christian school.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2) <\/strong><strong>&#8220;More blood&#8217;s\u00a0going to be shed&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NBC News published another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/nbc-out\/out-news\/fear-pervades-tennessees-trans-community-focus-nashville-shooters-gend-rcna77066?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">story<\/a>\u00a0headlined, &#8220;Fear pervades Tennessee&#8217;s trans community amid focus on Nashville shooter&#8217;s gender identity,&#8221; which implied that Nashville police had caused trans people to &#8220;fear for their safety&#8221; by disclosing the suspect&#8217;s gender identity.<\/p>\n<p>The outlet interviewed a trans activist who said the state&#8217;s LGBTQ community was &#8220;terrified&#8221; and offered a chilling prediction: &#8220;More blood\u2019s going to be shed, and it\u2019s not going to be shed in a school.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>3) GOP &#8220;bullying&#8221; to blame\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Left-wing journalist Cenk Uygur <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cenkuygur\/status\/1640820151363964928\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> the shooting was the result of &#8220;right-wing&#8221; bullying. The fact that the killer was transgender, he argued, was proof that conservatives shouldn&#8217;t\u00a0&#8220;bully people for who they are.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>4) &#8220;Republicans are complicit in these murders&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Nation<\/em> columnist and MSNBC talking head Elie Mystal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/society\/nashville-shooting-conservative-reaction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blamed<\/a>\u00a0the shooting on &#8220;the party of literal death&#8221; and &#8220;everybody who votes for them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>5) Republicans caused the massacre by banning drag shows for children<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Several news outlets attempted to draw a connection between the murderous rampage and the Tennessee government&#8217;s ban on drag shows &#8220;in public or near children.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Newsweek<\/em> reported that the &#8220;ban on drag shows [for children]&#8221; was &#8220;criticized&#8221; after the shooting. Twitter was forced to append a fact-check to a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Newsweek\/status\/1640471945509519360\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweet<\/a> promoting the article explaining how the Tennessee laws were being mischaracterized.<\/p>\n<p>ABC News anchor Terry Moran also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/therefore-what\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mischaracterized<\/a> the laws during a TV segment in which he implied these laws were what motivated the 28-year-old shooter to kill children.<\/p>\n<p><strong>6) The <em>Daily Wire<\/em> is in Nashville\u2014Q.E.D.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Benjamin Ryan, a freelance journalist for NBC News, felt it was important to <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/03\/28\/nbc-reporter-ripped-for-linking-nashville-shooting-to-ben-shapiro-daily-wire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a>\u00a0(via Twitter) that &#8220;Nashville is home to the Daily Wire, a hub of anti-trans activity.&#8221; He deleted the tweet after numerous commenters observed that it was very stupid.<\/p>\n<p><strong>7)<\/strong> <strong>&#8220;Corporate America&#8221; to blame<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNN\/status\/1640866385843609604\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">complained<\/a> that &#8220;most companies declined to speak out&#8221; after the shooting in Nashville, while lamenting that some businesses &#8220;may not believe [it] is their responsibility or role to weigh in&#8221; on political debates over issues such as gun control.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8) A Democratic aide&#8217;s call to violence, ignored\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Few mainstream national outlets bothered to <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/katie-hobbss-spox-resigns-over-vile-tweet-promoting-violence-against-transphobes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> that Josselyn Berry, the press secretary for Gov. Katie Hobbs (D., Ariz.), shared a meme that appeared to condone violence against &#8220;transphobes&#8221; hours after the Nashville shooter was identified as transgender.<\/p>\n<p>A <em>HuffPost<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/katie-hobbs-press-secretary-josselyn-berry-trans-gun-tweet_n_6423f987e4b000236163a063\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">story<\/a> about the controversy focused almost entirely on the &#8220;heavy criticism&#8221; from &#8220;right-wing&#8221; lawmakers who were &#8220;using the shooting to spout anti-trans rhetoric.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The ABC affiliate in Phoenix <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc15.com\/news\/state\/gov-hobbs-secretary-resigns-after-apparent-controversial-tweet-about-transphobes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> that Berry resigned Wednesday after she &#8220;reportedly sent&#8221; the &#8220;apparent controversial tweet.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>9) Laughing about ice cream with Sleepy Joe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Before addressing the tragic shooting on Monday, President Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/simonateba\/status\/1640444454162014222\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">yukked it up<\/a> with the White House press corps and other guests at an event to promote small businesses.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My name is Joe Biden [laughter]. I&#8217;m Dr. Jill Biden&#8217;s husband [laughter],&#8221; he said. &#8220;And I eat Jenny&#8217;s ice cream, chocolate chip [laughter]. I came down because I heard there was chocolate chip ice cream [laughter].&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/tik-tok-beacon-ads?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=fbads&#038;utm_campaign=bantiktok\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t<\/a> \t\t<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/tik-tok-beacon-ads?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=fbads&#038;utm_campaign=bantiktok\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t<\/a> \t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>BONUS<\/strong>: Rep. Katherine Clark (D., Mass.), whose transgender child was <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/parody\/analysis-we-need-a-total-and-complete-shutdown-of-rich-white-liberals-having-children\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">arrested<\/a> in January for assaulting a police officer and vandalizing a historic landmark, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FreeBeacon\/status\/1641085008034033664\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attacked<\/a> &#8220;MAGA extremists,&#8221; including &#8220;politicians and preachers,&#8221; for their &#8220;cruelty&#8221; against transgender Americans and &#8220;waging an especially vicious crusade on our kids.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Media cover anti-Christian rampage by trans shooter like anti-trans rampage by Christian Getty Images What happened: The mainstream media reacted in typical fashion to the anti-Christian school shooting in Nashville earlier this week, proceeding to lose their minds when police revealed that the murderous psychopath who killed six people, including three children, identified as transgender.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":97,"featured_media":1906970,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[4188,14582,17730,3924,4300,6044],"class_list":["post-1906969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon","tag-media","tag-nashville","tag-reactions","tag-school","tag-shooting","tag-worst"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1906969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/97"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1906969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1906969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1906970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1906969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1906969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1906969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}