The Internet Archive's Wayback machine saved an early version of a Trump-shooting story in the Murdoch family's rancid New York Post, in which the garbage paper claimed the shooter was Chinese, citing unnamed "sources". HE WAS NOT CHINESE. https://web.archive.org/web/20240713234714/https://nypost.com/2024/07/13/us-news/gunman-behind-attempted-assassination-on-trump-shot-and-killed-by-secret-service-sources/
The story was fixed (no correction, much less apology). The Post would have to improve to have zero credibility.
Remember: The Murdochs' "news" properties routinely inject poison into our civic bloodstream, for power and money. Evil.
@dangillmor @jwildeboer Hahaha, let me get this straight…
Every US citizen owns multiple guns, which Trump really likes. And then a Chinese foreigner shoots him down???
Why would he/she do that? The US is a ticking time bomb, just wait until it blows from a distance. There’s no need to intervene.
@ericaceae Shooter was not Chinese. Please either delete what you posted or edit it. @jwildeboer
@dangillmor @jwildeboer
I think @ericaceae is just pointing out how absurd the idea of a Chinese shooter is in the 1st place, considering the USA is the world's reserve of crazy gun people.
I myself wouldn't be surprised if it turns out to be a set-up publicity stunt, just like I'm not a bit surprised the shooter is registered republican.
The crazy USA far-right isn't above something like this, they scream hoaxes on other shootings because they know they're the 1st that'd do it.
@unlucio @dangillmor @jwildeboer Exactly my point. Just too point out that it is absurd to directly point to a foreign person before it was even known who was actually the shooter.
It was my no means intended as misinformation, I’m sorry if that was how the message was interpreted.
@dangillmor Kinda depressing, but I fully expected this sort of thing to happen, and I was simultaneously super-disappointed and not at all when it did.
It’s just like the 1980s, except they’re blaming China instead of Japan.
@dangillmor I bet they're also not going to show any of the pictures/footage where he clearly performed a Nazi salute while being pulled from the stage. Or how the critically undereducated crowd started yelling at the press box like it was them that did it.
@dangillmor
this new york post's falsehood is disgusting even with right wing media's standards.
@dangillmor we should be way past just calling out Murdoch trash media. All media in U.S. fals us. This is an opportunity to call out republicans for their hypocrisy, void of empathy for others who are INCREDIBLY asking how this could happen. The very people who whole heartly support violence, overthrow and civil war if they don't get what they want. SHOW ME ANY MEDIA SOURCE CALLING THEM OUT ON THIS, i'll wait
@dangillmor Did they shoot him for failing?
@dangillmor Pennsylvania voter records listed the actual shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks with the same address and birth date as a registered Republican.