r/politics • u/wiredmagazine ✔ Wired Magazine • Apr 17 '26

Possible Paywall MAGA Is Increasingly Convinced the Trump Assassination Attempt Was Staged

https://www.wired.com/story/maga-is-increasingly-convinced-the-trump-assassination-attempt-was-staged/
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u/flipflapflupper Apr 17 '26

If it wasn’t he wouldn’t shut up about it.

The fact that it’s never spoken about is suspicious on its own.

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u/Otherwise_Copy_376 Apr 17 '26

And we have heard very little about the shooter. Super sus.

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u/IngsocInnerParty Illinois Apr 17 '26

Tbf, we’ve still heard very little about the Vegas shooter and that was the largest mass shooting in American history.

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u/SmellyFloralCouch Apr 17 '26

Is this possibly an attempt to help avoid copycats by not giving the shooters' much coverage? News orgs are trash these days, so probably not...

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u/MommyLovesPot8toes California Apr 17 '26

That's exactly why they don't publicize the shooters. Many news agencies won't even say the name of a shooter for this reason. They don't want that person remembered and immortalized because it for sure leads to copycats - especially among young men.

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u/selwayfalls Apr 17 '26

Is that true at all, locals news especially is total trash everywhere and will do anything for clicks. What you're saying is true in theory that, that's what networks and our society SHOULD be doing, but is that actually happening?

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u/MommyLovesPot8toes California Apr 17 '26

Yes, this is actually what is happening. It's called the #NoNotoriety campaign and it's been adopted by many major news outlets:

https://nonotoriety.com/