In March 2021, CNN reported the suspect in a mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado, was 'morally white.
On March 23, 2021, the website Babylon Bee published an article positing that news media said of a suspect in a mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado that, 'in spite of being Arab, the shooter was morally white.': Media Now Claims Shooter Was Factually Arab, But Morally White BOULDER, CO-After 24 hours lamenting the scourge of white supremacy in America, new details revealed that an evil mass shooter was Arab. The media was able to retain their narrative, however, when further details emerged that in spite of being Arab, the shooter was morally white. 'The mass shooter was morally white,' said one CNN anchor. 'This clearly shows that white supremacy is still the enemy here. Whiteness is a flexible thing that can mean whatever soulless political opportunists like us want it to mean, whenever we need it to! Did I say that out loud? Wait- um, er, I mean... wow, such a tragedy.' The story also contained an image that appeared to be a screenshot of a CNN broadcast, with the satirical headline included on the chyron. The image circulated widely on social media - in several cases without any link back to its original context. This item was not a factual recounting of real-life events. The article originated with a website that describes its output as being humorous or satirical in nature, as follows: The Babylon Bee is the world's best satire site, totally inerrant in all its truth claims. We write satire about Christian stuff, political stuff, and everyday life. Ten people were killed in a mass shooting at King Soopers grocery store in Boulder, Colorado, on March 22, 2021. The suspect in the shooting, Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, was born in Syria. For background, here is why we sometimes write about satire/humor.
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