Fox News suddenly goes quiet on ‘great replacement’ theory after Buffalo shooting
by Adam Gabbatt from US news | The Guardian on (#5ZAH3)
Suspect was allegedly motivated by the theory, but network has barely mentioned gunman's reasoning, even after Tucker Carlson pushed the concept in more than 400 of his shows
As details of the Buffalo mass shooting emerged over the weekend, much of the media focussed on the shooter's self-stated motivation: his racist belief that white Americans are being deliberately replaced through immigration in a great replacement" theory.
Over at Fox News, however, there was barely any mention of the white gunman's alleged reasoning for opening fire at a supermarket, killing 10 people and wounding three more, in a predominantly Black area.
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