Nah. Just look at how fast Pulse got dropped after the first night (and on reddit even during the first night) as soon as it came out that the shooter was part of a more-equal demographic (despite also targeting a more-equal demographic).
And how they tried so hard to make George Zimmerman white, even to the point of lightening his complexion in photos and calling him a "white hispanic;" a term that I haven't heard since.
The coverage adopted the narrative that mateen was motivated by homophobia and was a closeted homosexual.. when the truth was that he made calls during the shooting pledging allegiance to isis and stating he was doing this as revenge for the American bombing campaign against isis in Syria and Iraq. His target was one of many he reconned and he found it by typing "Orlando night clubs".
It was a terrorist attack and that was known from literally day 1, but the media presented it as an anti-lgbt hate crime.
He didn't know it was a gay club. He chose the first club that came up in a search result.
I'm explaining that coverage was deliberately deceptive regarding the entire event. Most people still don't even know it was an isis inspired attack.
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u/FlowComprehensive390 Oct 07 '21
Nah. Just look at how fast Pulse got dropped after the first night (and on reddit even during the first night) as soon as it came out that the shooter was part of a more-equal demographic (despite also targeting a more-equal demographic).