{"id":2617760,"date":"2026-06-23T11:43:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T15:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/austin-metcalfs-father-blasts-media-coverage-of-his-sons-murder\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T11:43:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T15:43:18","slug":"austin-metcalfs-father-blasts-media-coverage-of-his-sons-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/austin-metcalfs-father-blasts-media-coverage-of-his-sons-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Metcalf&#8217;s father blasts media coverage of his son&#8217;s murder"},"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%2Faustin-metcalfs-father-blasts-media-coverage-of-his-sons-murder%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=2617760&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>Jeff Metcalf, father of Austin Metcalf, criticized Karmelo Anthony\u2019s family for showing no remorse after Anthony&#8217;s son was murdered. He expressed disappointment that they did not demonstrate accountability or remorse during the trial were Anthony was convicted of murder for fatally stabbing Austin at a track meet in Texas. Metcalf also noted that Anthony\u2019s family was absent during sentencing and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-doctor-who-conned-women-into-hysterectomies-sterilizations-for-insurance-money-gets-60-years-in-prison\/\" title=\"Virginia Doctor Who Conned Women Into Hysterectomies, Sterilizations For Insurance Money Gets 60 Years In Prison\">victim impact statements<\/a>, leaving the courtroom immediately after the verdict.He pointed out that the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >local community supported<\/a> his family, especially the Black students at Frisco Memorial High, in contrast to the media narratives he claims are misleading and motivated by fame or political agendas.Metcalf emphasized that the community honored his son&#8217;s character rather than his skin color and criticized societal tendencies to allow perceptions and emotions to override facts and logic.Additionally,he shared his efforts to keep the case free of racial and political divisions,despite being thrown out of a press conference by an activist he accused of politicizing the case. metcalf expressed frustration with misrepresentation and the politicization of his son&#8217;s tragedy.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jeff Metcalf, the father of Austin Metcalf, said Karmelo Anthony\u2019s family has shown zero remorse after his son was murdered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u200b\u201cI know what happened was terrible, and your son made a horrible mistake,\u201d he said on the <em>Will Cain Show on <\/em>Monday<em>. <\/em>\u201cI was hoping for some accountability, maybe, and some remorse. 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His family and some other advocates left the courtroom and turned in their badges.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the interview, Will Cain mentioned that Jeff Metcalf had told him that what was actually happening in the local community was far different from the conversation taking place in the national media, citing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ellen-degeneres-reportedly-paying-staff-2-million-in-bonuses-before-shows-finale\/\" title=\"Ellen DeGeneres Reportedly Paying Staff  Million In Bonuses Before Show\u2019s Finale\">popular talk show<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/the-view\/\"><em>The View.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey don\u2019t know Hunter [Metcalf], Austin, they don\u2019t know Carmelo, they\u2019re looking for their 15 minutes of fame,\u201d Metcalf said. \u201cThey\u2019re looking to monetize the death of my son.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u200bCain said Metcalf\u2019s father had told him multiple black students at Frisco Memorial High rallied around the Metcalf family, which the media overlooked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u200b\u201cThere were multiple, multiple lies and mistruths that were put on social media that were spoken by even individuals who have some fame,\u201d Metcalf said. \u201cPeople had their own opinions without even seeing the facts, and that\u2019s the part I have trouble with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u200bMetcalf said the Frisco community dedicated the entire football season in honor of his son and character \u2014 not skin color \u2014 as what matters most to him.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUnfortunately, in today\u2019s moral decay of society, we have witnessed people believe that if they have their own voice, they scream loud enough, they\u2019re right, and they believe perception is their own reality,\u201d he said. \u201cIt may not be true, but in their mind, it is their own reality. For a person to not be able to objectively look at something, use common logic, and common sense to come to a determination, just based on the facts, not the color of one\u2019s skin. That tells me a whole lot about your character.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/4615226\/us-iran-deal-debacle\/\"><strong>HUGO GORDON: IRAN DEAL WALKS AND QUACKS LIKE A DISASTER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u200bMetcalf said he showed up to the trial hoping to pray and prevent racial division, but was thrown out of the press conference by Dominique Alexander, an <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/activism\/\">activist<\/a> convicted of harming an infant in 2011. He accused Alexander and another activist of unfairly <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/politics\/\">politicizing<\/a> the case.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u200b\u201cNow we\u2019re going to play the race card, and now we\u2019re going to politicize this. Now we\u2019re getting a political activist involved,\u201d he said. \u201cThe two things I said on one of the first interviews I ever did were, \u2018Please don\u2019t make this about race,\u2019 and \u2018Please don\u2019t politicize it,\u2019 but they chose to do both.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeff Metcalf: Anthony\u2019s family shows no remorse after son&#8217;s murder<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4299,"featured_media":2617761,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Austin-Metcalf-e1782225707925.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[53216,36508,32140],"class_list":["post-2617760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-austin-metcalf","tag-crime-news","tag-media-coverage"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Austin-Metcalf-e1782225707925.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2617760","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\/4299"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2617760"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2617760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2617764,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2617760\/revisions\/2617764"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2617761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2617760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2617760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2617760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}