CBS News Bans Reporters From Using the Word 'Transgender' To Describe Transgender Nashville Shooter

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[–]thoughtcriminal 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

“The shooter’s gender identity has not been confirmed by CBS News,” the network’s executives insisted in a Tuesday memo obtained by The Post. “As such, we should avoid any mention of it as it has no known relevance to the crime. Should that change, we can and will revisit.”

On principle this approach is fine, but I guarantee if it was a white cis male or a Trump supporter they'd mention it at every opportunity regardless of its relevance to the crime.

[–]bucetao6969 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah they have to make sure the shooter is actually transgender.... then they will reveal they're transgender once the news cycle has died down.

[–]ShekelPa 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

They did exactly that with Kyle. I found it interesting that was the only instance where they did NOT blame the fabled "assault rifle"

[–]LordoftheFlies 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Well, it was a BLM "peaceful protest," and they needed the race angle of the shooter more than the gun angle that time around.

[–]EternalSunset 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It is already widely known that she was transgender though.

[–]LordoftheFlies 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah, but MSM is hoping that if they don't talk about it, people won't think about it. Hardly the first time that they've worked to memoryhole an inconvenient bit of information.