Sen. Mike Lee’s jabs at KSL continue — this time over the news outlet’s coverage of a transgender double homicide suspect in Washington City. Here's why an expert believes the Senator’s divisive rhetoric is dangerous.
Utah Sen. Mike Lee endorses Colby Jenkins at the Utah Republican Nominating Convention in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 27, 2024.Utah Sen. Mike Lee’s jabs at KSL continue — this time over the news outlet’s coverage of a transgender double homicide suspect in Washington City., formerly Twitter, that the outlet referred to the suspect as a woman, and that doing so confused residents and compromised public safety.
“This is particularly problematic when we have few actual independent, local news sources left — especially in Utah, but also across the country,” he said. “It’s damaging to the public sphere to target this sort of vitriol toward a true independent local media outlet.” When reached for comment, KSL representatives declined to comment. A spokesperson for Lee did not respond to The Salt Lake Tribune’s inquiry.In his video, Lee referenced the June 18 deaths of Gail and Joseph Bailey, Mia Bailey’s parents. She is accused of fatally shooting them both at their Washington City home and firing a shot at her brother, who had locked himself in a basement bedroom when he heard the commotion upstairs, according to police documents.
The uptick in criticism against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints-owned radio station began after it posted on social media earlier this month that Utah GOP had “been running into tough times” and asked its followers if they were “tired of the Republican Party’s antics?” Hillary Koellner, Utah Department of Public Safety communications director, said the department had not issued statewide guidance for how law enforcement should disseminate public safety information in cases where an individual’s appearance or name may be in flux.
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