On KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein: Discuss biased coverage of mass public shootings and how people are “badly misinformed” on gun-related crimes

Jun 13, 2022 | Radio

Dr. John Lott talked to Jeff Stein on Iowa’s giant 50,000-watt KXEL-AM radio station about media bias on mass public shooters being ‘Right-wingers’ and how people are “badly misinformed” on gun-related crimes. See also Dr. Lott’s recent pieces at Townhall (“Media Falsely Claim Mass Public Shooters are ‘Right-wingers’ When They’re Environmental Extremists“) and at Real Clear Politics (“When Misinformation Drives Gun Bad Policy“).

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