Craig Greenberg, the Louisville mayoral candidate was shot and killed by a gunman who entered his campaign headquarters Monday afternoon. While this news was eagerly reported on during Monday night’s evening news broadcasts when the networks thought the suspect could’ve been a conservative, the new details which surfaced today that showed the suspect was a leftist gun control activist were not reported by the nightly newscasts on Tuesday evening.
Instead of covering this disturbing revelation, the networks decided to spend valuable airtime on a missing six-year-old girl who was found in upstate New York, weather reports on a snowstorm that’s expected in the coming days, and a Catholic priest who used the wrong phrase when baptizing.
CBS reported Monday that the identity and motive of the shooter were not known. Evening News anchor Norah O’Donnell made sure to let viewers know the mayoral candidate who was shot at was a Democrat:
Tonight, in Louisville, Kentucky, police have taken a suspect into custody for a possible attack on Craig Greenberg, Democratic mayoral candidate. A gunman stormed into Greenberg’s campaign headquarters, according to police. He fired several shots at Greenberg and one bullet hit a portion of his clothing. The motive has not been determined by police. CBS News has received information from the F.B.I. CBS has learned that the F.B.I. is currently assisting in this investigation.
Over on ABC’s World News Tonight on Monday, anchor David Muir did not make note of the political party of the mayoral candidate, but he did report the frightening details of the scene of the shooting “authorities say a gunman walked into Craig Greenberg’s campaign office and began firing. Candidate and his staff barricaded their doors behind them. One bullet grazing the candidate’s sweater, but no one was hurt.” Muir went on to reveal that local authorities called it “an assassination attempt.”
NBC Nightly NewsThe shooting was not mentioned in any news broadcasts on Monday night or Tuesday evening. After it became clear that the shooter had been a left-leaning Democrat, all three newscasts on Tuesday night were silenced.
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Below is the transcription of each segment:
CBS Evening News
2/14/2022
6.41.42 PMNORAH O’DONNELL: Well, in Louisville, Kentucky tonight, a suspect is in custody in connection with a possible assassination attempt today on a Democratic mayoral candidate Craig Greenberg. A gunman entered Greenberg’s campaign headquarters, police say. He fired several shots at Greenberg and one bullet hit a portion of his clothing. The motive has not been determined by police. CBS News has received information from the F.B.I. CBS has learned that the F.B.I. is currently assisting in this investigation.
ABC World News
2/14/2022
6.49.47 pmDAVID MUIR – Tonight, authorities investigate a shooting that targeted a Louisville, Kentucky mayoral candidate. Police say that a gunman entered Craig Greenberg’s campaign office, and then began shooting. Staff and the candidate barricaded themselves behind a closed door. A bullet struck the sweater of the candidate, but it did not cause any injuries. It was deemed an attempt to assassinate the candidate by a city official. He has been taken into custody.
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