It’s the sort of thing you really want to verify first. We know he was bleeding. That was all. But yes, there was the possibility he could have cut himself when the Secret Service grabbed him. Or he very well could have been grazed, which seems more likely by now. We’ll learn more as the chaos subsides and news organizations get more verified information.
I’ll note that the current WSJ story doesn’t state he was shot, just that he stood up with blood on his ear. Hell, even Fox News isn’t claiming he was shot when I wrote this comment. They’re all handling the chaos and lack of information the same way: report what little you know, point out that it’s a breaking news story, and that there’s a great deal of uncertainty. They know he was bleeding from photos and video.
Political violence is horrific and unacceptable, and assassinations are even worse. News organizations are, so far, seemingly handling this dark moment well and will hopefully avoid making it worse for Americans.
That would still qualify as “being shot” to use the technical term. You can hear the secret service talking about the shots being fired on the literal hot mic on a YouTube stream minutes after you can clearly hear a discharging firearm. And then Trump released a statement saying he was shot.
Despite this it still took several hours for some prominent media outlets to report what happened.
I’ll note that the current WSJ story doesn’t state he was shot, just that he stood up with blood on his ear. Hell, even Fox News isn’t claiming he was shot when I wrote this comment. They’re all handling the chaos and lack of information the same way: report what little you know, point out that it’s a breaking news story, and that there’s a great deal of uncertainty. They know he was bleeding from photos and video.
Political violence is horrific and unacceptable, and assassinations are even worse. News organizations are, so far, seemingly handling this dark moment well and will hopefully avoid making it worse for Americans.