American news magazine Newsweek retracted a headline Tuesday that incorrectly claimed author and Daily Wire host Candace Owens said transgender surgery turned the Nashville shooter into a monster.
As the nation mourned the murder of three children and three adults at the hands of a 28-year-old mass shooter inside the Covenant School, a Presbyterian preschool through 6th-grade institution in the Green Hills neighborhood of Nashville, the news outlet published an article early Tuesday morning smearing Owens in the headline.
Newsweek originally published the headline: “Candace Owens Says Transgender Surgery Made Nashville Shooter Into Monster.” By Tuesday afternoon, Newsweek issued a retraction, admitting the inaccuracy of the headline.
“Great news! @Newsweek has issued a retraction and changed the hideous lie of a headline which was written by one of their many lying LGBTQ activists, @shannonjpower,” Owens said in a tweet. “I will not tolerate blatant smears against me meant…
