This narrative is a textbook example of misinformation whereby news organizations studiously ignore data and definitions on mass shootings developed by Congress, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and other law enforcement sources.
A 2015 report for the Congressional Research Service defined the term "Mass shooting" as a "Multiple homicide incident in which four or more victims are murdered with firearms, within one event, and in one or more locations in close geographical proximity." Yet the corporate media rarely refer to these sources in reports about mass murders involving guns.
Thus, the media itself is the source for statistics such as those found in this NBC News story: Memorial Day weekend marked by "More than a dozen mass shootings" in the U.S. The GVA table cited by NBC lists 14 "Mass shootings" from May 28 through May 30, including seven which resulted in no deaths, seven involving one fatality each, and one that resulted in two fatalities.
Nothing on the list can be credibly characterized as a mass shooting.
A recent story by NPR claimed, "The U.S. has surpassed 200 mass shootings this year." The source for this report was the same GVA misinformation discussed above.
The New York Times recently reported that there had been 693 mass shootings in 2021.
The "News" media applaud these ghouls and continue to work with GVA on their misinformation campaign.
https://spectator.org/mass-shootings-media-misinformation-campaign/
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