The news of a would-be leftist assassin trying to eliminate a member of the Supreme Court is a pretty big deal, especially given he allegedly was motivated by the potential overturning of Roe v. Wade that was revealed in a leaked draft opinion.
Pro-abortion advocates have called for violence against members of the court as they view the landmark case about abortion, which would return the issue back to the states, as an example of religious fascism.
While the mainstream media covered the initial breaking news Wednesday morning, by Thursday it seemed to be very low priority as it almost all but disappeared on the front pages of national newspapers.
No mention of the assassination attempt on Justice Brett Kavanaugh on the front pages of USA Today or the Chicago Tribune.
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) June 9, 2022
The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times hid the news on the bottom of the page in small font.
Shameful. pic.twitter.com/iDNVkwDmpw
Here's the front page of The New York Times. Not one story on the attempted assassination of Brett Kavanaugh. Instead, you have a footnote to see A-20 and a rather brief article.
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) June 9, 2022
Articles that were longer? A journo goes deep into the Amazon and a deadly Korean ferry accident. pic.twitter.com/Fbsh6I8TJE
This is how important the NYTimes thinks an attempted assassination on a supreme court justice is pic.twitter.com/Z6eDXfQeQQ
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) June 9, 2022
Even when the mainstream media reported the very disturbing story, organizations like CNN couldn't help but downplay what had occurred in this high-threat environment for the conservative justices.
CNN's Whitney Wild tries to deny that the man arrested trying to assassinate Justice Kavanaugh had a weapon "at all."
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) June 8, 2022
She also tries to blame right-wing extremists for possibly trying to carry out the hit, claiming "the risk truly comes from both sides of this abortion debate" pic.twitter.com/fFYKYTA46G