Gender and identity are extremely important to the liberal media, except when they aren’t.
Nicholas Roske, the California man who was planning to try to kill U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, now identifies as transgender, but apparently, the New York Times and other liberal news outlets no longer think that’s important. Why do you suppose that is?
Media critic Stephen L. Miller, AKA @Redsteeze, has coined the phrase ‘anti-journalism’ to describe this. It’s a perfect term to explain why journalists sometimes choose to omit certain bits of information that they don’t think the public needs to know about, for some reason.
The Daily Wire reported it:
EXCLUSIVE: Attempted Kavanaugh Assassin Identifies As Transgender Woman, Legal Filings ShowThe man who attempted to kill Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh identifies as a transgender woman and was deeply mentally ill and suicidal, according to court documents first obtained by The Daily Wire.The Department of Justice is recommending that the defendant, 29-year-old Nicholas Roske, be sentenced to 30 years in prison for attempting to kill the Supreme Court justice in 2022, according to a Friday filing outlining the case against Roske. Roske pled guilty to the attempt to kill a United States Supreme Court Justice in April 2025, three years after authorities arrested him in Kavanaugh’s neighborhood, carrying a bag full of weapons and burglary tools.A filing from Roske’s defense attorneys shows that Roske now goes by “Sophie Roske” and that his legal team will refer to him using female pronouns. A footnote on the filing, obtained exclusively by The Daily Wire, explains that the defense will not use Roske’s legal name “out of respect” for the would-be assassin.
Over at CBS News, they’re still calling Roske a man. Isn’t this misgendering? Emphasis is mine:
Man who tried to assassinate Kavanaugh in 2022 wanted to kill 3 justices, prosecutors sayThe California man who pleaded guilty to attempting to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2022 aimed to kill three members of the high court in an effort to “single-handedly alter the constitutional order for ideological ends,” according to federal prosecutors.The revelation by the Justice Department came in a sentencing memorandum filed Friday with the U.S. district court in Maryland in the case of Nicholas Roske. Roske was arrested near Kavanaugh’s home in early June 2022 with a handgun, ammunition, knife and a myriad of tools.He pleaded guilty in April to attempting to kill or kidnap a Supreme Court justice. Prosecutors are asking a judge to sentence Roske to at least 30 years to life in prison, arguing that his conduct is an affront to the Constitution and required “extensive premeditation.”
The media needs to make up its mind. This is either important or it isn’t. Be consistent or drop this ridiculous charade.
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