FOX News chose to air “a panel discussion about inner city poverty and Donald Trump's appeal to disaffected voters” instead of a moving DNC speech by Christine Leinonen, the mother of Christopher Leinonen, who was killed in the Orlando massacre with 48 others, Media Matters reports:
On July 27, Christine Leinonen, mother of Christopher “Drew” Leinonen, a victim in the hate crime massacre at the Pulse Nightclub, spoke onstage at the Democratic National Convention to advocate for common sense gun safety laws, endorse Hillary Clinton, and memorialize her son. Leinonen lamented the lack of “common sense” gun safety laws prohibiting the sale of assault weapons in her speech. Both CNN and MSNBC aired Leinonen's full remarks.
On Fox News, an outlet that has brought lies and fearmongering to the debate over gun safety and shamed victims of the Orlando massacre for not fighting back, the appearance went unmentioned.
HEre's what FOX News showed instead.
Watch Leinonen's emotional and very moving speech HERE.
