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It’s been 48 hours since the attempted assassination of President Trump and senior Cabinet officials at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Sadly, one network endeavors to deemphasize the words contained within the shooter’s manifesto, and hide his leanings from viewer consideration.
Watch as correspondent Matt Gutman papers over all of these important insights into the shooter, reducing his statements to his mockery of the security arrangements outside the D.C. Hilton:
THE FADE BEGINS: The sole mention of the WHCD shooter’s writings on tonight’s CBS Evening News alludes to his mockery of the security situation at the D.C. Hilton: no mention of a manifesto, or of his political leanings.
MATT GUTMAN: In an email to family timed to be sent just… pic.twitter.com/FtAqGlXEa2
— Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) April 28, 2026
MATT GUTMAN: In an email to family timed to be sent just before the incident, police say the suspect himself expressed surprise at the security footprint. He wrote “I walk in with multiple weapons and not a single person there considers the possibility that I could be a threat. The security at the event is all outside… because apparently no one thought about what happens if someone checks in the day before.”