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CNN anchor Erin Burnett flamed for saying NYC shooter Shane Tamura was ‘possibly white’
New York Post ^ | July 28, 2025, | Caitlin McCormack and Zoe Hussain

Posted on 07/29/2025 2:06:35 AM PDT by george76

CNN’s Erin Burnett is being skewered for reporting that the gunman who opened fire in a Midtown skyscraper — killing an NYPD cop and three others — was “possibly white” after viewing the initial security footage released immediately after Shane Tamura’s deadly rampage.

In the photos first shared online, the suit-clad Tamura, 27, was captured in broad daylight walking into 345 Park Avenue with a Palmetto State Armory AR-15 rifle in his hand.

CNN host Erin Burnett said that police knew the gunman had “sunglasses, mustache, male, possibly white” during a broadcast shortly after the shooting Monday evening.

The chilling image of Tamura with the AR-15, however, showed him with a possibly darker or ethnically ambiguous complexion.

Early police reports also suggested the suspect might be of Middle Eastern descent.

Online critics slammed Burnett’s statement for being too premature and presumptive.

He may be a bunch of different things, basically anything BUT white,” one internet commenter said.

“CNN should be shut down. They have not reported a truthful story in what seems like forever,” another commenter on X said.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Nevada; US: New York
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1 posted on 07/29/2025 2:06:35 AM PDT by george76
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2 posted on 07/29/2025 2:09:29 AM PDT by newfreep ("There is no race problem...just a problem race")
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3 posted on 07/29/2025 2:22:42 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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Mamdani’s past ‘defund the police’ stance resurfaces after deadly Manhattan shooting

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mamdanis-past-defund-police-stance-resurfaces-after-deadly-manhattan-shooting


4 posted on 07/29/2025 2:27:47 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: george76

It’s obvious that Burnett and CNN wanted to blame the mass shooting on MAGA and Trump for white domestic terrorism. Despicable.


5 posted on 07/29/2025 2:30:12 AM PDT by DeplorablePaul
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Mamdani’s =

MAD-MAN-I


6 posted on 07/29/2025 2:44:39 AM PDT by Chickensoup
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To: newfreep

Perfect


7 posted on 07/29/2025 2:46:35 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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“The chilling image of Tamura with the AR-15, however, showed him with a possibly darker or ethnically ambiguous complexion.”

“POSSIBLY darker” - LOL!


8 posted on 07/29/2025 2:51:16 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (It's hard not to celebrate the fall of bad people. - Bongino)
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She wanted him to be White. She wanted it so, SO bad.


9 posted on 07/29/2025 3:00:22 AM PDT by Nea Wood ( )
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To: DeplorablePaul

Every lie told by the propaganda media is on the Internet forever, now available for AI to include when anyone does research on the topic. Even before AI they knew that lying for one to three three days, got all of the articles with the lie to the top of the list when anyone researched the topic. Forever people who consume only the propaganda media will be convinced that he was “possibly white”.


10 posted on 07/29/2025 3:06:19 AM PDT by Freee-dame
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We probably only know about this shooting because the dumbass media initially thought he was white.


11 posted on 07/29/2025 3:10:12 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: Freee-dame

Yes. Planting a false narrative first is definitely the tactic. A lie goes half way around the world before the truth puts its shoes on.


12 posted on 07/29/2025 3:12:48 AM PDT by DeplorablePaul
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Online critics slammed Burnett’s statement for being too premature and presumptive.

In other words, business as usual at CNN.

To be fair, she was reporting what New York's finest had said.

13 posted on 07/29/2025 3:16:18 AM PDT by nuke_road_warrior (Making the world safe for nuclear power for over 20 years)
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The radical left is also pushing the same old lie that WM are the source of all or nearly all mass shootings.

In fact as of 2018 the % were very close to that of the overall population, actually LOWER for WMs.

WM= 53%
BM=20%
27% as Hispanic, Asian and “undefined”.

They are starting to hide stats like these now.


14 posted on 07/29/2025 3:17:39 AM PDT by Phoenix8
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To: george76

Only reading the words someone typed into the teleprompter.


15 posted on 07/29/2025 3:36:20 AM PDT by fso301
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“We probably only know about this shooting because the dumbass media initially thought he was white.”

…this!


16 posted on 07/29/2025 3:36:44 AM PDT by albie
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I assume he's half African, half Japanese.

Black face, but Asian eyes and Japanese surname.

Plus, he's from Hawaii, which has a large Japanese population.

17 posted on 07/29/2025 3:37:09 AM PDT by Angelino97
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“I assume he’s half African, half Japanese.”

I believe I heard that verified last night.


18 posted on 07/29/2025 3:38:23 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (It's hard not to celebrate the fall of bad people. - Bongino)
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Erin Burnett needs glasses or her mouth washed out with soap; for lying.
19 posted on 07/29/2025 3:46:01 AM PDT by 55Ford
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To: Freee-dame

Hmm....a good idea for a website....MSM lies and misleading “information” spoken, written, and videoed. Updated daily.


20 posted on 07/29/2025 3:49:26 AM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find. )
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