Staff Reports
The recent news about the Allen Texas mall shooter has caused some concern, especially after Twitter CEO Elon Musk expressed skepticism towards Bellingcat journalist Aric Toler’s Twitter photos allegedly linking the shooter, Mauricio Garcia, to a Russian social media account. Musk questioned the accuracy of Toler’s account, noting that Bellingcat specializes in psychological operations. He tweeted that the story was either bizarre or a poorly executed psyop, causing some to question the credibility of the shooter’s alleged connection to a neo-Nazi ideology.
Elon Musk on the Allen Texas Mall Shooter Narrative: “A Very Bad Psyop”https://t.co/lwCE2k6H8x
— The Daily Fetched (@DailyFetched) May 9, 2023
It seems that some media outlets are attempting to portray the shooter as a neo-Nazi, despite evidence suggesting otherwise, in an effort to vilify right-wing figures and cities that reject leftist ideology.
The brown face of white supremacy? A leftist Bellingcat writer has posted screenshots from the purported obscure Odnoklassniki social media profile of the #Allen, Texas mass shooter, Mauricio Garcia. He's trying to link the shooter to TimCast & LibsofTikTok. The account has… pic.twitter.com/jVHd7BgqNc
— Andy Ngô 🏳️🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) May 8, 2023
Didn’t the story come from @bellingcat, which literally specializes in psychological operations?
I don’t want to hurt their feelings, but this is either the weirdest story ever or a very bad psyop!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 9, 2023
One last thing, noticed by @JakeGodin: the Allen shooter was a big fan of @libsoftiktok and signed off on one of his posts with "Heil Hitler" pic.twitter.com/ZqxGDDbxf7
— Aric Toler (@AricToler) May 8, 2023
Very strange
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 9, 2023
In 2016, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov suggested that Bellingcat has ties to special services. Given this history, it’s understandable why Elon Musk is skeptical of the media’s portrayal of the Allen Texas mall shooter. It appears that the left-leaning media is promoting a distorted narrative to advance their own agenda.
This is not an uncommon occurrence, as Musk has noted that the media often distorts interracial crime statistics to a significant degree. It’s evident that the media is willing to manipulate the facts to further their own agenda and cast aspersions on individuals who identify as right-wing.
It’s time for conservatives to take a stand against this type of biased reporting and demand that the media be held accountable for their actions. We must not allow the left-leaning media to push false narratives in order to further their own agenda. We must demand that our news outlets report the truth and not be swayed by political bias.
