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WaPo explains why tweet about 'Waukesha tragedy' that was 'caused by an SUV' has been deleted

Yesterday we told you that the Washington Post had a rather odd way of framing the Waukesha massacre, calling it a tragedy that was “caused by an SUV.”

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Apparently somebody at the Post decided that framing wasn’t being well received:

That deletion wouldn’t have anything to do with the original tweet getting ratioed into oblivion, would it?

WaPo’s replacement decided to just go with a vague approach:

Now it’s a “sequence of events” that led to a “tragedy.”

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Excellent rhetorical question.

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