The Networks Are Struggling to Cover The Motive Behind The Madison School Shooting
At this stage, the motive of the Madison school shooter seems pretty clear, but the network news seems hesitant to report what it is. Of course, this generally means that the motive is inconvenient to prevailing leftwing narratives or identity politics. This case is not the exception.
Of the three networks, ABC comes closest to exposing the shooter’s motives:
ALEX PEREZ: Investigators now poring over online accounts believed to be Rupnow's that appear to show the suspect gravitating toward neo Nazi ideology, as well as interest and engagement in online forums that idolized mass shooters.
Much of the information regarding motive was readily available and confirmed to be attributable to the shooter within hours after the shooting. ABC is right to report that the shooter had clear neo-Nazi ideations, and her writings confirm her to be a racist. Likewise her admiration for other school shooters both in the United States and overseas.
As our friends at Not the Bee report, radical feminism was the shooter’s main motivation. Not reported by ABC is the fact that the shooter posted several writings across multiple platforms indicating what can be reasonably described as an eliminationist hatred of men.
ABC’s 13-second reporting on motive was brief and incomplete, and was also the best the networks had to offer. Inexplicably, CBS and NBC didn’t even touch motive, despite the neo-Nazi angle being out there.
This shooting is not an easy one to report for the media, inasmuch as there isn’t an easy narrative to run with. The shooting was conducted with a pistol so there isn’t really much of a gun control angle to work with, and the only mystery left is the provenance of the handgun. If the shooter obtained the gun as an illegal gift from a parent, then this will become the angle the media runs with- as was the case in the Michigan and Georgia shootings.
Feminism paired with neo-Nazism and school shooter worship? That’s a no-win angle and furthermore explains why the media are uncomfortable when it comes to reporting on motive in the Madison school shooting.