Thursday, December 12, 2024

Hmmm. Like the media's "noble hero" photo?-----Arguments over whether Luigi Mangione is a 'hero' offer a glimpse into an unusual American moment | AP News

Is he a hero? A killer? Both? - MIKE CATALINI - Catalini covers government, elections and news primarily in New Jersey for The Associated Press. He focuses on accountability and how policy affects people. 
  • About the same time the #FreeLuigi memes featuring the mustachioed plumber from “Super Mario Brothers” mushroomed online this week, commenters shared memes showing Tony Soprano pronouncing Luigi Mangione, the man charged with murdering the UnitedHealthcare CEO in Manhattan, a hero. 
  • There were the posts lionizing Mangione’s physique and appearance, the ones speculating about who could play him on “Saturday Night Live,” and the ones denouncing and even threatening people at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s for spotting him and calling police...

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