CBS Execs Bar Staff from Reporting Nashville Shooter’s Trans Identity
CBS News executives reportedly banned staffers from using the word “transgender” to describe the Nashville shooter, though police confirmed the shooter identified as such, according to a memo obtained by the New York Post.
“The shooter’s gender identity has not been confirmed by CBS News,” network executives said in a memo obtained by Tuesday. The post office. “As such, we should avoid any mention of it as it has no known connection to the crime. Should that change, we can and will return.
Shortly after the shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville on Monday, in which three students and three adults were fatally shot, police said that Audrey Hale, 28, who was herself killed by police in the attack, identified as transgender – meaning Hale believed she was male.
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Ingrid Ciprian-Matthews, executive vice president of information gathering, and Claudia Milne, senior vice president of standards, reportedly announced the guidelines during an editorial call on Tuesday morning, The post office reported, citing “sources close to the Tiffany network.”
“At this time, we advise you to say: POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE SUSPECT AS A 28-YEAR-OLD AUDREY HALE, WHO (sic) THEY SHOT AND KILLED AT THE SCENE,” the memo reads. allegedly said. “And move on to focusing on other important points of investigation, community and solutions.”
Sources reportedly told the publication that many CBS News reporters were upset by the directive, in light of police confirming that Hale is transgender and “her identity may be relevant to the motive,” according to the report. .
“It’s nonsense because the police have identified Hale as transgender,” a CBS insider reportedly told the publication. “If the cops didn’t deal with it, you might be able to avoid it, but withholding information isn’t journalism.”
According to Fox News, Grabian’s transcripts show that CBS Evening News included police confirmation of Hale’s transgender identity during a Monday broadcast, but then made no mention of her identifying as transgender on Tuesday and Wednesday.
“However, CBS News anchor Norah O’Donnell used female pronouns for the shooter on Tuesday,” Fox News reported.
A CBS spokeswoman said The post office the network may revise its guidelines pending the release of Hale’s manifesto and “any details on the motive.”
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