It's now been just over one year since this happened in Butler, Pennsylvania:
Shortly after that, many in the media covered the story in their own, predictable, pitiful ways:
One year ago. Elite media coverage. pic.twitter.com/oUFGq8m4L4
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) July 13, 2025
That's shameful even for those clowns.
The real victims of the unhinged shooter that we still don't know a whole lot about were Corey Comperatore, who died, and Trump, along with two others who were hit but survived.
But with "journalists" there's often a "how can I make it about me" aspect to any tragic story.
CBS News' Scott MacFarlane had a chat with Chuck Todd and told him about the time he did the "journalism" version of storming the beaches at Normandy in Butler, Pa. that day:
🚨NEW: CBS News correspondent Scott MacFarlane tells Chuck Todd he got "PTSD" after Trump assassination attempt — *NOT* from the shooting, but because the crowd blamed the media🚨
— Jason Cohen 🇺🇸 (@JasonJournoDC) July 16, 2025
"For those of us there, it was such a horror."
"I got diagnosed with PTSD within 48 hours. I got… pic.twitter.com/JYeA7FZ90G
So there we have it: The real victims that day were the journalists:
"For those of us there, it was such a horror."
"I got diagnosed with PTSD within 48 hours. I got put on trauma leave. Not because, I think, of the shooting, but because you could — you saw it in the eyes, the reaction of the people."
"They were coming for us! If he didn't jump up with his fist, they were going to come kill us!"
Is MacFarlane at least crediting Trump with saving his life and that of other journos on the scene?
But "you could tell by the eyes" what the crowd was going to do to the reporters is the most "journalism" thing ever.
What an insult to those *actually* suffering from PTS because they’ve experienced real trauma.
— John Cooper (@thejcoop) July 17, 2025
This guy wants you to think he’s a hero because he…got some nasty looks. https://t.co/YRZqRJpllm
These are the same people who, when Trump calls them "the fake news," believe the First Amendment is being shredded and their lives are being threatened.
Yep, these hacks have had a long few years:
Imagine the PTSD he suffered when Trump won the election.
— Deb Heine (@NiceDeb) July 17, 2025
No kidding. They'll all be in therapy for a few more years.
amazing that a reporter can make himself the real victim (of imagined future hypothetical violence) in a story about the current president nearly getting his head blown off https://t.co/6BKfepSreE
— Jerry Dunleavy IV 🇺🇸 (@JerryDunleavy) July 17, 2025
Even Commander McBragg would tell MacFarlane to take it down a notch, but Chuck Todd just noded along during the story and then said "I know."
What I know is that neither of them are actual journalists, which are indeed hard to find these days.
