Scott Jennings Calls Out The Hypocrisy Of Selective Manifesto Publication

Posted • December 12, 2024: Over at CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip, AKA “The Thunderdome”, Scott Jennings delivered a dose of brutal truth to the panel discussing coverage of all manner of things related to the alleged shooter of the CEO of UnitedHealthCare. Some shooters are covered differently than others, and reasonable people may wonder whether there is a (D)ifference in how they are covered. Watch as Jennings lays bare the hypocrisy behind the selective publication and coverage of shooter manifestos. It is important to recall that the respective manifestos of the Buffalo and El Paso shooters were published very quickly, because they were racists. Racism, when linked to opposition to gun control, makes for a very easy narrative for the media to push.

Not so much, however, in the case of the Nashville shooting. The shooter’s trannifesto was never published through official channels, and it took a year and a half to get out. In the case of the Las Vegas shooter, much remains unknown. Likewise, how is it that we know close to nothing about the 20-year-old who almost killed President-Elect Donald Trump in Butler, PA? That story, combined with the many intelligence failures that fateful day, would’ve drawn top billing if it served a narrative agenda. But it doesn’t, so it didn’t. (…)

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