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Demand a Retraction and Apology from the Wall Street Journal

In the immediate aftermath of Charlie Kirk's murder, the Wall Street Journal published unconfirmed reports that wrongfully linked the shooter to the LGBTQ+ community. This reporting was reckless and irresponsible, and it led to a wave of threats against the trans community from right-wing influencers — and a resulting wave of terror for a community that is already living in fear.

Help HRC by taking direct action to demand a retraction and an apology from the Wall Street Journal for its dangerous and misleading coverage.

WSJ Editor

Editor

Wall Street Journal

To: {contact_data~lastName} {contact_data~suffix}

In the immediate aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s murder, the Wall Street Journal published unconfirmed reports that wrongfully tied the shooter to the LGBTQ+ community. This reporting was reckless and irresponsible, and it led to a wave of threats against the trans community from right-wing influencers — and a resulting wave of terror for a community that is already living in fear.

Many online took the reporting from the Journal as an opportunity to spread vile, dangerous rhetoric about the LGBTQ+ community.

Rage is what makes this country a tinder box. The rush to lob hot takes and publish click bait is not how we are going to get out of this deeply divided, dangerous era. News outlets like the Wall Street Journal must do better.

While we saw your editor's note, nowhere in it did you acknowledge the damage your story caused nor the communities you put at risk. Nor did you acknowledge that one of the casings included an anti-gay statement. As one of the Human Rights Campaign's more than 3.6 million members and supporters, I am calling on you to please retract the erroneously reported link between the shooter and the LGBTQ+ community and apologize for the paper’s misleading coverage and resulting amplification of hate.

Signed,

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