The Texas Tribune is downplaying the insanity of the El Paso mass shooter.
In an article titled “Greg Abbott invoked mental illness after the El Paso shooting. There’s been no indication that was a factor”, the Tribune tried to spin a politically correct narrative on the El Paso shooting.
The Tribune played their first PC card by invoking race in one of their tweets promoting the article.
It tweeted, “A white gunman killed 22 Hispanic shoppers at an El Paso Walmart and injured another two dozen. Trump was quick to highlight mental health issues. There’s been no indication that was a factor.”
The response on Twitter was fierce.
One poster said “Sure, perfectly sane individuals mow down crowds of people all the time. SMH.”
Sure, perfectly sane individuals mow down crowds of people all the time. SMH
— Kenric Ward (@Kenricward) August 8, 2019
Another poster said, “Texas Tribune you have said some really ridiculous things in the past, but this one hands-down tops them all. You discredit journalism, fairness, balance, and non-objectivity with this insane line. At least with a newspaper I could still wrap fish.”
Texas Tribune you have said some really ridiculous things in the past, but this one hands-down tops them all. You discredit journalism, fairness, balance, and non-objectivity with this insane line. At least with a newspaper I could still wrap fish.
— Bernabe Covarrubias (@benfcova) August 8, 2019
The Tribune covered one of Abbott’s speeches on mental health following the shooting.
Abbot declared that “Bottom line is mental health is a large contributor to any type of violence or shooting violence, and the state of Texas this past session passed a lot of legislation and provided funding for the state to better address that challenge.”
full story at https://bigleaguepolitics.com/the-fake-news-media-thinks-mass-murderers-are-perfectly-sane-people/