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No, media are not to blame for mass shootings

By Becket Adams
Published August 5, 2019 3:52pm ET
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No, media are not to blame for mass shootings
Mourners gather outside Ned Peppers bar that was the scene of a mass shooting the previous day, Monday, Aug. 5, 2019, in Dayton, Ohio. | (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

President Trump and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren have more than terrible trade policies in common. They believe the press bears some blame for the two mass shooting events this weekend.

A gunman killed 20 people at a Walmart on Saturday in El Paso, Texas. Early Sunday morning, another gunman killed nine people in downtown Dayton, Ohio. Both attacks injured dozens of people. Activist Leah Greenberg of Indivisible Guide blamed Fox News for the attack in El Paso.

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