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As the crime scene at the latest school shooting was still being processed, it was time to check the websites of cable news who are largely responsible for the increasing polarization of this country.

On the front page, CNN played it fairly straight with the headlines about the latest mass shooting.

MSNBC wrote a loaded headline about guns.

You expected the left-leaning cable news channel to go the anti-gun route. But what about Fox News? You know they are never going to blame guns. So, what did the right-wing channel cast the blame on? Three headlines on the front page of Fox News used “trans” or “transgender.”

So, Fox News needed a message that would play well with their audience and they dared not say anything about assault weapons, or guns, so they decided to go with the transgender over and over again.

Funny, when the Bible-reading Christian shoots up a place, Fox News doesn’t mention that.

But here’s the funny part. Not long after Fox News posted “trans” or “transgender” in all of their headlines about the shooting, the headlines changed. The headlines were all the same, but the words “trans” or “transgender” was now gone.

The stories didn’t change and the headlines were the same, except without the trans reference.

So, I asked Fox News about this interesting editing. This is the reply I got back from a Fox News Spokesperson:

Hi Scott – Looked into this for you.

Like many news organizations, FOX News Digital regularly updates headlines and story placement across our homepage.

 Now, if you think that they totally dodge the question, you would be right. The stories’ placement on the website did NOT change and the only change in the headline was the references to “transgender.”

So yeah, Fox News dodged the question.

I followed up with them and never heard back.

Go figure.