USA Today Shredded Over Tweet About Gender of Nashville Shooter
USA Today and other media outlets are facing backlash for their reporting on the shooting at a Christian school in Nashville. On Monday, USA Today tweeted, “Police on Monday afternoon said that the shooter was a…
USA Today and other Media outlets are facing backlash for their reporting on the shooting at a Christian school in Nashville.
On Monday, USA Today tweeted, “Police on Monday afternoon said that the shooter was a transgender man. Officials had initially misidentified the gender of the shooter.”
Twitter users were quick to take issue with the outlet’s focus on the gender of the shooter.
Founder of Live Action Lila Rose replied, “In an act of terrorism, a woman murdered three children and three adults in cold blood today at a Christian school and our Media is worrying about her ‘preferred pronouns.’ Utterly insane.”
Activist Chloe Cole responded, “Have to respect the school shooters pronouns.”
Author Ashley St. Clair wrote, “Imagine being a parent of one of the victims and seeing the Media being apologetic for misgendering your child’s murderer.”
Conservative commentator Matt Walsh added, “This is the most disgusting and insane tweet I think I’ve ever seen from a Media organization, and that is certainly saying a lot.”