Blaming Fox News, Republican rhetoric for Buffalo mass shooting is ‘too easy,’ says professor – By CBC Radio (CBC) / May 16, 2022
‘They’re just symptoms of the problem,’ says Ricky L. Jones
Ten people were killed in a mass shooting in a predominately Black neighbourhood in Buffalo, N.Y. on Saturday, in what authorities are calling a case of “racially motivated violent extremism.”
The accused gunman, a white 18-year-old man, posted a manifesto online citing the “great replacement theory,” a racist ideology that argues white people are being intentionally disenfranchised by greater migration and shifting racial demographics. The conspiracy theory has been linked to previous mass shootings, including the 2019 mosque shootings in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Following the attack in Buffalo, critics pointed to how the ideology has been publicized by Fox News host Tucker Carlson, and embraced by several Republican politicians.
