Fox News’ John Roberts Laments “School Shootings Week In & Week Out” After Nashville Rampage; Cable Newser Airs Passionate Gun Reform Remarks From Highland Park Survivor
deadline.com“How are our children still dying and why are we failing them?” exclaimed a survivor of a past mass shooting today live during Fox News’ coverage of the slaughter at a Nashville school today. “Gun violence is the number one killer of children and teens, it has overtaken cars,” she added.
A sentiment echoed and furthered by FNC’s John Roberts on-air also Monday in some very strident words of his own. In a remarkable moment on the Rupert Murdoch-owned cable newser, Ashbey Beasley stepped in front of the camera after an official press conference on the private Christian school tragedy to ask: “Aren’t you guys tired of covering this?” Taking a live feed from CBS affiliate WTVF, Fox showed the alleged survivor of the July 4, 2022 Highland Park, Illinois mass shooting speaking at length about the need for gun reform in America.
In language Fox viewers don’t hear that often, Beasley, who says that she is on vacation in Nashville visiting her sister, demanded that lawmakers “step up” to pass real gun reform legislation, you can see below: We’ve reached the point where people are jumping in front of live cable TV cameras to try and reach legislators and voters.
Will America listen? https://t.co/Pmx3a50gYW Law enforcement in the Tennessee metropolis confirmed three children and three adults had been killed in the shooting at the 200-student strong Covenant School, which teaches three to 12-year olds.
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