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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFox News slammed for whitewashing Georgia Spa Shooter as "'remorseful' sex addict?"
Fox News slammed for whitewashing Georgia Spa Shooter as "'remorseful' sex addict?"
https://www.alternet.org/2021/03/fox-news-aaron-long/
Spa shooting suspect bought gun hours before deadly spree ...
David Badash March 19, 2021
The front page of Fox News' website Thursday offered a graphic for its story about the 21-year old Georgia man who has been charged with shooting to death eight people, including seven women, six of whom are Asian American. The graphic's headline reads "'Remorseful' Sex Addict?"
"Atlanta suspect had rehab, felt 'shame ' over addiction, ex-roommates say," the sub-head reads.
The title has changed multiple times. On the Fox News homepage it now reads: "Ex-roommates of Atlanta massacre suspect says he attended rehab for sex addiction, felt extreme guilt." The article itself says: "Atlanta shooting suspect attended rehab for sex addiction, felt 'remorse and shame,' former roommates say."
Here's how it appeared on the Fox News front page at 3:54 PM:.....................
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Fox News slammed for whitewashing Georgia Spa Shooter as "'remorseful' sex addict?" (Original Post)
riversedge
Mar 2021
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Fox is justifying murders of Asians and women? I'm shocked. Shocked, I tell you.
Scrivener7
Mar 2021
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hlthe2b
(102,248 posts)1. They never cease to justify murder at the hands of young white males...
just as they are doing with Kyle Rittenhouse, the Kenosha shooter.
They are no more than a broadcast of psychopaths/sociopaths now.
Ziggysmom
(3,407 posts)2. I agree. That smug ass Kyle and this moron need to pay for their crimes.
Scrivener7
(50,949 posts)3. Fox is justifying murders of Asians and women? I'm shocked. Shocked, I tell you.
They just keep spiraling down, don't they?
LizBeth
(9,952 posts)4. Cause every man can identify with a sex addict, right? Wink wink, nudge nudge.
This is reminding me of the same form with that Kyle kid murdering two, yet...