{"id":2515501,"date":"2025-11-28T16:39:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T21:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/usa-todays-spin-on-national-guard-shooting-shows-why-legacy-outlets-are-dying\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T16:40:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T21:40:36","slug":"usa-todays-spin-on-national-guard-shooting-shows-why-legacy-outlets-are-dying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/usa-todays-spin-on-national-guard-shooting-shows-why-legacy-outlets-are-dying\/","title":{"rendered":"USA Today\u2019s Spin on National Guard Shooting Shows Why Legacy Outlets Are Dying"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fusa-todays-spin-on-national-guard-shooting-shows-why-legacy-outlets-are-dying%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=2515501&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 criticizes USA Today&#8217;s coverage of a National Guard shooting in Washington, D.C., arguing that the media outlet unfairly blames former President Donald Trump for the incident. the headline, &#8220;Trump sent National guard to DC to fight crime. Then two were shot,&#8221; is said to preassign blame to Trump rather than the attacker or the circumstances. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kathryn-lopez-the-realities-of-life-and-the-lies-of-abortion\/\" title=\"Kathryn Lopez: The Realities of Life and the Lies of Abortion\">piece contends<\/a> that USA Today frames Trump&#8217;s deployment of the national Guard as a political escalation instead of a protective measure that successfully reduced crime. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/crisis-as-bad-as-2008-democrats-spotlight-consequences-of-a-us-default\/\" title=\"Crisis as Bad as 2008: Democrats Spotlight Consequences of a US Default\">article emphasizes<\/a> that the attacker was an Afghan national admitted under President Joe Biden&#8217;s refugee program, suggesting Biden&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >policies bear obligation<\/a> for the tragedy. the criticism portrays USA Today&#8217;s reporting as biased, dishonest, and activist-driven, contributing to declining trust in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/project-veritas-strips-cnn-naked\/\" title=\"Project Veritas Strips CNN Naked\">legacy media<\/a>.  <\/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>USA Today&rsquo;s coverage of the National Guard shooting in Washington, D.C., is a case study in why Americans have stopped trusting legacy media.<\/p>\n<p>It isn&rsquo;t subtle or honest, and it certainly isn&rsquo;t journalism.<\/p>\n<p>The headline alone gives the game away:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Trump sent National Guard to DC to fight crime. Then two were shot.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump sent National Guard to DC to fight crime. Then two were shot <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Yb7XWGlqWD\">https:\/\/t.co\/Yb7XWGlqWD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; USA TODAY (@USATODAY) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USATODAY\/status\/1994380809441100208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 28, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/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>Before a reader ever reaches <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/graphics\/2025\/11\/27\/timeline-national-guard-troops-washington\/87495826007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the reporting<\/a>, the blame has been preassigned. Not to the attacker. Not to the circumstances of the shooting. But to Trump.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">USA Today downplays a terrorist attack in order to smear President Trump:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Trump sent National Guard to DC to fight crime. Then two were shot&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Insanity. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T1Rbi5qMN2\">pic.twitter.com\/T1Rbi5qMN2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveGuest\/status\/1994400603687280978?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 28, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>From there, the piece predictably reads like activism trying its hardest to imitate reporting.<\/p>\n<p>USA Today opens by claiming President Donald Trump is &ldquo;stiffening his administration&rsquo;s resolve to use military might as a crime-fighting tool,&rdquo; framing his response to the violence perpetrated by a foreign national as some sort of political escalation rather than an effort to protect American citizens.<\/p>\n<p>USA Today notes that Trump ordered more Guard members into Washington despite objections from Democrats and activist judges.<\/p>\n<p>Trump did deploy the National Guard, and crime in Washington dropped immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Streets that had become unwalkable were suddenly under control.<\/p>\n<p>Pretending the Guard created danger rather than responding to it is the kind of framing only legacy journalists could manipulate themselves into believing.<\/p>\n<p>The headline erases the attacker entirely and reroutes responsibility onto Trump.<\/p>\n<p>One person bears responsibility for the death of 20-year-old West Virginia guardswoman Sarah Beckstrom, and that&rsquo;s if you&rsquo;re not blaming former President Joe Biden and his State Department.<\/p>\n<p>Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, is an Afghan national who was allowed into the country under Biden&rsquo;s refugee program.<\/p>\n<p>He attacked troops after being welcomed to this country with open arms.<\/p>\n<p>Dishonest legacy media reporters want Beckstrom&rsquo;s death to be Trump&rsquo;s fault.<\/p>\n<p>In reality, Biden got 13 troops killed at the airport in Kabul in 2021, during his disastrous exit from Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>Four years later, the former president&rsquo;s Afghan policies are still proving deadly, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-cant-hide-harris-role-in-botched-afghanistan-withdrawal\/\" title=\"Dems Can&#039;t Hide Harris&#039; Role In Botched Afghanistan Withdrawal\">legacy media&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s spin is making outlets like USA Today more irrelevant by the day.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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The coverage lacks subtlety and honesty and falls short of true journalism. The headline itself reveals the bias: &#8220;Trump sent National Guard to DC to fight crime. 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