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Did Major Media Outlets Blow Another Trump Story?
While well-established, mainstream news outlets botched the assassination attempt story, independent news and social media outlets were all over it.
On Saturday, former President Donald Trump survived what is being investigated and widely regarded as an assassination attempt. Almost immediately, expressions of sympathy and horror poured in from world leaders, prominent Democrats, and even many members of the press.
Even some of the former President’s staunchest media critics took a moment to express heartfelt gratitude that the assassin missed his target, though an innocent bystander was killed in the incident that also wounded several others.
But in the aftermath, there has been no shortage of finger-pointing and blame.
Formerly a staunch progressive and still in many ways socially liberal, Tesla CEO and X proprietor Elon Musk has been especially outspoken in recent days regarding some of the press coverage surrounding Donald Trump.