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Gingrich: ‘Disgusting and inhumane’ for O’Donnell to read WHCA shooting suspect’s manifesto

Gingrich: ‘Disgusting and inhumane’ for O’Donnell to read WHCA shooting suspect’s manifesto

Summary

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich criticized CBS News’s Norah O’Donnell for reading aloud a manifesto reportedly written by the suspect in the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner shooting. Gingrich called the act “disgusting and inhumane” and condemned it as poor journalism.

Key Facts

  • The incident involved a suspect in a shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.
  • Norah O’Donnell, a CBS News journalist, read part of the suspect’s alleged manifesto on air.
  • Newt Gingrich, a former House Speaker, strongly criticized this action.
  • Gingrich described O’Donnell’s reading of the manifesto as “disgusting and inhumane.”
  • He accused her of using journalism to promote harmful political agitation.
  • The controversy centers on how media should handle materials from suspects in violent incidents.
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