Top executives at CBS News are demanding staff to not say the Nashville shooter responsible for killing six people as 'transgender,' according to The New York Post.
The memo continued,"Right now we advise saying: POLICE IDENTIFIED THE SUSPECT AS A 28-YEAR-OLD AUDREY HALE, WHO THEY SHOT AND KILLED AT THE SCENE. And move on to focus on other important points of the investigation, community and solutions."The directive was issued on a Tuesday morning editorial call by CBS News newsgathering vice president Ingrid Ciprian-Matthews and standards and practices senior vice president Claudia Milne.
There's been an effort by some media organizations to deflect the shooter being transgender as being a potential factor in Monday's mass shooting. went even further with its coverage, suggesting trans people are the real victim of Nashville's massacre instead of the students and staff of the private Christian school running the headline"Fear pervades Tennessee's trans community amid focus on Nashville shooter's gender identity.
The report quoted members of the local LGBTQ community who fear the backlash following the shooting may put them in danger. NBC News raised eyebrows with its headline following Monday's mass shooting at a private Christian school in Nashville.
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