{"id":2480223,"date":"2025-08-29T07:49:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T11:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-dismissing-the-trans-factor-in-this-shooting-enable-more\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T07:52:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T11:52:07","slug":"media-dismissing-the-trans-factor-in-this-shooting-enable-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-dismissing-the-trans-factor-in-this-shooting-enable-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Dismissing The Trans Factor In This Shooting Enable More"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fmedia-dismissing-the-trans-factor-in-this-shooting-enable-more%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=2480223&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--><p>The article discusses the media&#8217;s handling of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mich-school-officials-had-authority-to-search-suspects-backpack-prior-to-shooting-but-failed-to-do-so\/\" title=\"Mich. school officials had authority to search suspect\u2019s backpack prior to shooting, but failed to do so\">recent school shooting<\/a> in Minneapolis involving Robin Westman, a 23-year-old who had undergone a gender transition. The author criticizes major outlets, especially The New York Times, for downplaying or ignoring the shooter&#8217;s transgender identity and its possible connection to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/9-year-old-girl-pepper-sprayed-during-interaction-with-rochester-police\/\" title=\"9-Year-Old Girl Pepper Sprayed During Interaction With Rochester Police\">mental health issues<\/a>. The piece argues that the media&#8217;s refusal to acknowledge any correlation between gender dysphoria and violent behavior risks enabling future tragedies by obscuring underlying causes. It also <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >references similar past mass shootings involving individuals<\/a> with transgender or nonbinary identities, asserting that these patterns are consistently overlooked or dismissed by the press. The article contends that this selective coverage stems from a media bias that only highlights gender or mental illness when the perpetrator is a white male, while neglecting such factors when transgender ideology is involved. ultimately,the author calls for a more honest discussion about the potential mental health risks linked to gender dysphoria rather than minimizing or defending it,warning that failure to do so may allow further violence to occur.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gkvCtTj6JBQ\" target=\"_blank\">ABC7\/YouTube<\/a>\/Cropped       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/08\/29\/the-media-dismissing-the-transgender-factor-in-this-school-shooting-are-enabling-another-one\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=The%20Media%20Dismissing%20The%20Transgender%20Factor%20In%20This%20School%20Shooting%20Are%20Enabling%20Another%20One&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/08\/29\/the-media-dismissing-the-transgender-factor-in-this-school-shooting-are-enabling-another-one\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=The%20Media%20Dismissing%20The%20Transgender%20Factor%20In%20This%20School%20Shooting%20Are%20Enabling%20Another%20One&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/08\/29\/the-media-dismissing-the-transgender-factor-in-this-school-shooting-are-enabling-another-one\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/08\/29\/the-media-dismissing-the-transgender-factor-in-this-school-shooting-are-enabling-another-one\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=The%20Media%20Dismissing%20The%20Transgender%20Factor%20In%20This%20School%20Shooting%20Are%20Enabling%20Another%20One&amp;body=%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/08\/29\/the-media-dismissing-the-transgender-factor-in-this-school-shooting-are-enabling-another-one\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>It&rsquo;s truly as if the news media wish for more <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/08\/28\/we-dont-need-gun-control-we-need-to-classify-gender-dysphoria-as-a-mental-illness-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">transgender psychotics<\/a> to commit mass murders before offing themselves. Why else would they look at what happened in Minneapolis this week and continue insisting there&rsquo;s no correlation at all between a potentially violent mental break and the irrational belief that a man can become a woman?<\/p>\n<p>After a gunman identified as 23-year-old Robin Westman &mdash;&nbsp;originally Robert before his <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EricLDaugh\/status\/1961064314183246194\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mother<\/a> apparently allowed him to legally change his name <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/minneapolis-catholic-school-shooting-rcna227591\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">at 17<\/a> &mdash; shot up a Catholic school&rsquo;s church in Minneapolis on Wednesday, the media <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/08\/28\/media-who-partake-in-transgender-pronoun-delusions-of-minneapolis-shooter-are-part-of-the-problem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">got to work<\/a>, both treating the suspected killer as if his gender dysphoria was entirely incidental and belittling anyone who suggested otherwise.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1989343219\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The New York Times captured that dynamic best under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/08\/27\/us\/minneapolis-school-shooting-suspect-gunman.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">headline<\/a>, &ldquo;Minneapolis Suspect Knew Her Target, but Motive Is a Mystery.&rdquo; The &ldquo;her&rdquo; was a deliberate word choice for a person we&rsquo;re still learning about a day later. And what we did learn was that, according to the New York Post, Westman <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/28\/us-news\/minneapolis-school-shooter-robin-westman-confessed-he-was-tired-of-being-trans\/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=nypost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">deeply regretted<\/a> his attempts to become female, writing in a journal, &ldquo;I only keep [the long hair] because it is pretty much my last shred of being trans. I am tired of being trans, I wish I never brain-washed myself.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But the Times wants the public to believe there&rsquo;s nothing significant about being a shooter who tried swapping his gender, so &mdash; <em>it&rsquo;s ma&rsquo;am!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Throughout the article, the Times refers to Westman as &ldquo;she&rdquo; and &ldquo;her&rdquo; and then, nine paragraphs in, attacks the people who dared notice that this isn&rsquo;t the first, second, or third time in recent years where a &ldquo;transgender&rdquo; person has committed mass violence. &ldquo;On social media,&rdquo; the article said, &ldquo;some conservative activists have seized on the shooter&rsquo;s gender identity to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/photos-the-trans-shooters-anti-trump-anti-israel-obsession-the-media-doesnt-want-to-talk-about-graphic\/\" title=\"Photos: The Trans ...s Anti-Trump, Anti-Israel Obsession the Media Doesn&#039;t Want to Talk About (Graphic)\">broadly portray transgender people<\/a> as violent or mentally ill.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Or, more accurately, people who have a memory recalled that similar tragic episodes were <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/02\/13\/lets-talk-about-the-gender-poisoned-mass-shooter-trend-the-media-is-trying-to-hide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">carried out by individuals<\/a> identified as being deep into pronoun play and gender bending ideologies. That includes: 36-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/02\/12\/free-palestine-shooter-at-joel-osteens-houston-megachurch-foiled-by-good-guys-with-guns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Genesse Ivonne Moreno<\/a> in February of last year (also went by &ldquo;Jeffrey Escalante&rdquo;); 17-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1743000794876756054\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dylan Jesse Butler<\/a> the month prior (suspected gender queer activist); 28-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/11\/06\/breaking-trans-identifying-nashville-shooter-allegedly-targeted-school-children-for-their-white-privilege\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Audrey Elizabeth Hale<\/a> in March 2023 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nashville.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2025-04\/Covenant_Final_Summary.pdf?ct=1743609642\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">used male pronouns<\/a>); 22-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/colorado-springs-suspect-identifies-nonbinary-uses-pronounces-defense-rcna58499\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Anderson Lee Aldrich<\/a> in November 2022 (claimed to be &ldquo;nonbinary&rdquo;); 16-year-old Maya &ldquo;Alec&rdquo; McKinney in May 2019 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/colorado\/news\/maya-alec-mckinney-sentenced-deadly-stem-school-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">identified as male<\/a>); and 26-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.keranews.org\/2018-09-21\/when-it-comes-to-mass-shooters-theres-a-clear-gender-divide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Snochia Moseley<\/a> (suspected to be transgender).<\/p>\n<p>For the media, a mass killer&rsquo;s &ldquo;gender&rdquo; and race only matter when it&rsquo;s a white male, and mental illness is only taken into account when transgender ideology isn&rsquo;t a factor (or when it can be used to explain away the antisocial conduct of Democrats). It can&rsquo;t be that way.<\/p>\n<p>There&rsquo;s no other way to put it. Police identified a severely unwell person afflicted with acute gender depression as the shooter who sprayed bullets into a church, killing two children and injuring at least 17 more. By sidestepping reality, the media are enabling the next maniac to do the same or worse.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe they don&rsquo;t actually want these things to keep happening. But their commitment to the transgender cause is allowing them to.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Eddie Scarry is the D.C. columnist at The Federalist and author of &#8220;<a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.com\/Liberal-Misery-Hateful-Everything-Everyone\/dp\/1637584350\">Liberal Misery: How the Hateful Left Sucks Joy Out of Everything and Everyone<\/a>.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-30 bdr-top-bold-black\">\n<div class=\"row g-0 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n<div class=\"article-author-profile d-flex align-items-center justify-content-center justify-content-md-start\">\n<div class=\"article-author-details\">\n<div class=\"label-md\">Eddie Scarry<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author-twitter label-sm d-flex align-items-center mt-10\">             <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter me-5\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>             <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Visit on Twitter<\/span> 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