One person was killed and 16 others were injured Saturday when an alleged terrorist intentionally mowed down a crowd at a LGBTQ+ parade in Berlin, Germany, according to police. Yet, mainstream media is already pandering to narratives that obscure fundamental truths. CNN and MSNBC have rushed to frame this act as simply a “shocking incident,” glossing over the potential terror implications in favor of sensationalism and political correctness.

You know the drill: they’ll flood headlines with “tragedy” rather than confronting the uncomfortable reality of Islamic extremism. Meanwhile, Fox News has tiptoed around the subject while offering a semblance of balanced coverage but still falls into the trap of over-analyzing the perpetrator’s mental state instead of focusing on the premeditated nature of this act. Are we really going to dissect this criminal’s psyche when the obvious question is: why are we soft on the ideology that fuels such hatred?

And let’s not forget how they dance around the identity of both the victims and the assailant. It’s almost comical how the narrative shifts when it’s a historic LGBTQ+ event. If this were a Christian event, would the mainstream coverage be this muted in terms of potential hate motives? Spoiler: it wouldn’t.

While the world grieves for those affected, the corporate media machine is busy spinning a sanitized version of reality. They want us to focus on feelings, not facts, to perpetuate a narrative that disarms any legitimate discussion about real and present dangers. We must demand accountability and not let sentimentality cloud the truth of what occurred.