Three days before Christmas, the nation is horrified to learn details of the murder by fire of a woman on the New York city subway. The one legacy media newscast that bothered to report this story omitted significant details regarding the suspect’s immigration status.
Watch the full report as aired on the CBS Weekend News on Sunday, December 22nd, 2024 (Click “expand” to view the transcript):
JERICKA DUNCAN: Now to a disturbing and deadly attack here in New York City. Tonight, police say they have a suspect under arrest after a woman sleeping in a subway car was set on fire. She later died. CBS’s Tammy Mutasa is in New York with details on what exactly happened. Tammy?
TAMMY MUTASA: Jericka, you know, this was a brutal attack on a woman who just appeared to be sleeping on a public train. And police found that victim when they saw smoke during a…
