Feb 152022
 

So CNN decides to cover the recent assassination attempt of a Louisville, Kentucky, mayoral candidate. But… take a look, and see if there are any details that seem lacking in the story:

Louisville mayoral candidate targeted in campaign headquarters shooting, authorities say

Compare that detail-lean story to this one:

BLM, gun-control activist arrested after assassination attempt on Louisville mayoral candidate

Little things missing in the CNN piece include:

Brown is a BLM activist and black nationalist who was praised by former President Barack Obama, MSNBC host Joy Ann Reid, and was a writer for the Courier Journal.

He was a Louisville Youth Voices Against Violence Fellow at the Youth Violence Prevention Research Center, a former intern and editorial columnist for The Courier Journal, and was selected to participate in an Obama Foundation program in which he met the former president.

In 2019, Brown wrote an article saying that an open-carry gun law in Kentucky “shows your life doesn’t matter to gun-loving Republicans.”

“We need a common sense government reform, get rid of assault rifles,” said Brown at the time.

Kinda interesting the things that get memory-holed.

 Posted by at 9:16 pm