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Twitter users mock USA Today for ‘chainsaw bayonet’ tweet

By Victor I. Nava
Published November 8, 2017 10:27pm ET
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Twitter users mock USA Today for ‘chainsaw bayonet’ tweet
USA Today later tweeted a clarification saying, "To clarify, the video shows both the shooter's modifications, as well as other possible modifications. The shooter did not use a chainsaw bayonet." (@USAToday/Twitter)

USA Today was widely mocked on Twitter Wednesday for a graphic making it seem as if the Texas church shooter used an assault-style rifle modified with a “chainsaw bayonet.”

The news organization tweeted, “A look at the gun used in the Texas church shooting,” and included a video with a graphic of a Ruger AR-556 rifle with several modifications, including a chainsaw bayonet.

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