The gunman says he helped a defeated Republican target the homes of Democrats in New Mexico.

A man in the US state of New Mexico has pleaded guilty to helping a defeated Republican candidate carry out drive-by shootings at the home of Democrats.

The defendant, Demetrio Trujillo, says the candidate, Solomon Peña, hired him after failing to win a seat in the state legislature in November 2022.

Over the following weeks, the residences of several Democratic officials were attacked in Albuquerque.

  • @moistclump@lemmy.world
    14•11 months ago

    Overall I’m not sure. But it sure would be nice if news channels were required to tell the truth or be held accountable if creating and spreading lies which indoctrinate people into actions like this.

    • @skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de
      5•11 months ago

      We all should collectively boycott what passes for “news” these days. It is all terrible. Although it has always had inflection points where the rich barons try to control the tone of the public through their media empires, so not sure if we can ever fully quell the corruption that seems to eventually bleed back into journalism periodically.

      • Curious CanidEnglish
        4•11 months ago

        One of the things to be careful about is the “they’re all equally bad” fallacy. No side is ever going to be perfect, but there are huge differences between organizations that make the occasional bad decision and organizations that are dedicated to distorting and lying in whatever way is necessary to justify their ideological points.

        OAN is not a news organization at ll. Fox reports actual news, but always gives priority to propaganda. CBS and ABC aren’t terrible, but are far more concerned with ratings than news. NBC is similar, but they chase a more liberal audience.

        NPR, PBS, and the BBC are all quite good about doing honest journalism. Start there if you want to know what it actually going on. Then cross-check it against other sources.