{"id":2480787,"date":"2025-08-30T17:29:59","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T21:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nbc-news-correction-on-trans-catholic-school-shooter-report-epitomizes-the-state-of-legacy-media-we-used-the-wrong-pronoun\/"},"modified":"2025-08-30T17:31:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T21:31:03","slug":"nbc-news-correction-on-trans-catholic-school-shooter-report-epitomizes-the-state-of-legacy-media-we-used-the-wrong-pronoun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nbc-news-correction-on-trans-catholic-school-shooter-report-epitomizes-the-state-of-legacy-media-we-used-the-wrong-pronoun\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC News &#8216;Correction&#8217; on Trans Catholic School Shooter Report Epitomizes the State of Legacy Media: We &#8216;Used the Wrong Pronoun&#8217;"},"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\">40<\/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%2Fnbc-news-correction-on-trans-catholic-school-shooter-report-epitomizes-the-state-of-legacy-media-we-used-the-wrong-pronoun%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=2480787&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 coverage following the deadly mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis by Robin Westman,a transgender woman who died by suicide after the attack. It highlights how several news outlets, including NBC News, corrected themselves to use Westman&#8217;s preferred female pronouns despite the violence she committed. The report notes that investigators are still searching for a clear motive and references a redacted 2018 police welfare check involving Westman, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gunman-fires-on-church-gets-nailed-by-church-member-in-truck-then-finished-off-by-armed-parishioners\/\" title=\"Gunman Fires on Church, Gets Nailed by Church Member in Truck, Then Finished Off by Armed Parishioners\">suggesting potential mental health issues<\/a>. The piece also critiques the media&#8217;s focus on respecting the shooter&#8217;s pronouns rather than thoroughly addressing the possible motives or broader context, including gun laws and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-perfect-storm-father-blames-covid-19-isolation-for-12-year-old-sons-suicide\/\" title=\"\u2018A Perfect Storm\u2019: Father Blames COVID-19 Isolation For 12-Year-Old Son\u2019s Suicide\">mental health challenges<\/a>. Additionally, it covers the controversy and debates sparked by the coverage, pointing out that some conservatives have focused on the fact that two recent shootings at Christian schools involved transgender individuals, which the media tends to downplay.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The media has tripped all over itself to let you know that, even though Robin Westman may be a monster who shot little children in a Catholic school Mass, they&rsquo;ll respect his pronouns by calling him a &ldquo;her.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In perhaps the most pusillanimous fealty to wokeness we&rsquo;ve seen in the wake of the Minneapolis Annunciation Catholic School shooting on Wednesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/investigators-say-no-red-flags-raised-minneapolis-church-shooter-rcna227856\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC News<\/a> made sure to issue a correction to apologize for calling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/video-demonic-trans-shooter-rampaged-faithful-big-kids-protected-little-ones-2\/\">Westman<\/a> &mdash; born Robert &mdash; a him.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Investigators probing Wednesday&rsquo;s deadly mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis continue to search for a clear motive to explain why Westman, 23, committed the act of terror,&rdquo; reads the article, yet another of the &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/deep-dive-eight-disgraceful-ways-nyt-fraudulently-covered-trans-school-shooter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">search for motive<\/a>&rdquo; pieces from outlets skeptical of the motives he left behind for investigators via videos, a journal, and messages on his guns.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Westman, who died by suicide after the shooting, was a trans woman and had been a student at Annunciation. Her mother, Mary Grace Westman, had once worked at the school,&rdquo; NBC News noted.<\/p>\n<p>The article notes that a 2018 police report, heavily redacted, involved a wellness check at a home where Westman lived with his mother.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>The report says that Eagan, Minnesota, police &ldquo;assisted Mendota Heights with a check welfare of a juvenile.&rdquo; Few details are provided. Both cities are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/minneapolis-mayor-twists-catholic-school-shooting-make-trans-community-victims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minneapolis<\/a> suburbs.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The name of that juvenile and what exactly prompted police to be summoned to the three-bedroom home on Crane Creek Lane were blacked out in the report,&rdquo; NBC News reported.<\/p>\n<p>However, the report is the latest sign that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/catholic-school-shooters-uncle-ex-lawmaker-fought-bans-transgender-procedures-kids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mental illness<\/a> played a significant role in shootings &mdash; although it&rsquo;s unclear whether the state&rsquo;s laws would have allowed authorities to block Westman from buying guns.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Minnesota has a red flag law that went into effect in January 2024, allowing family members and others to petition the courts to have guns removed from a person they believe poses a threat to themselves or the community,&rdquo; NBC News reported.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The state passed a law in 2023 requiring gun buyers to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/full-text-president-joe-bidens-state-of-the-union-address\/\" title=\"Full Text: President Joe Biden&#039;s State of the Union Address\">pass universal background checks<\/a> and to obtain permits for pistols or semiautomatic military-style assault weapons.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Never mind the fact that nothing Westman used was a &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >military-style assault weapon<\/a>,&rdquo; a phrase which is a media dog whistle for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/rep-pramila-jayapals-nonsensical-comparison-assault-weapons-concert-tickets-backfires\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">guns they find scary<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, there was one correction on the Friday story that was rather loudly appended to the bottom of it.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;CORRECTION (Aug. 29, 2025, 8:05 a.m. ET): A previous version of this article used the wrong pronoun for the shooter. She used female pronouns,&rdquo; the story reads.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Oh wow, holy hell.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCNews?\">@NBCNews<\/a> actually corrected because they used the wrong pronouns.<\/p>\n<p>These propagandists are truly sick and evil. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SWorL1YBC7\">pic.twitter.com\/SWorL1YBC7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Viva Frei (@thevivafrei) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thevivafrei\/status\/1961512553462263957?\">August 29, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Nor were they the only outlet that was tripping over itself to respect the pronouns of a dead murderer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-npr-pbs-funder-shut-following-trump-cuts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NPR<\/a> clarified comments made by Minnesota Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar on air regarding the motives of Westman.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And just a point of clarification, Sen. Klobuchar referenced the shooter as &lsquo;he.&rsquo; Although police have identified a suspect, it&rsquo;s still unclear at this time what that person&rsquo;s gender is or how they identify,&rdquo; said interviewer Ailsa Chang after the interview, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/npr-host-issues-gender-clarification-after-klobuchar-refers-minnesota-shooter-he\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>And then there was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/08\/27\/us\/minneapolis-school-shooting-suspect-gunman.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Times<\/a> article which said conservatives were &ldquo;seiz[ing]&rdquo; on the controversy and creating an &ldquo;uproar&rdquo; by pointing out the obvious: that two shootings in two years had involved transgender individuals at Christian schools.<\/p>\n<p>The media is more interested, in other words, in protecting the pronouns of dead murderers than pointing out the obvious about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/photos-trans-shooters-anti-trump-anti-israel-obsession-media-doesnt-want-talk-graphic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">motive behind the murders<\/a>. 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