NBC, CBC, Fox, CNN, call would-be Kavanaugh assassin 'woman,' refer to man as 'she,' 'her

Corporate media outlets have been claiming that the would-be assassin of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, a male who identifies as transgender, is a woman. A number of different outlets have avoided that fact as the Trump administration plans to appeal the sentence that was imposed on the convict. 

Nicholas Roske, who now goes by the name of Sophia, was sentenced to just eight years in prison for an attempted assassination of Kavanaugh after prosecutors recommended a 30-year sentence for the would-be assassin. However, Biden-appointed Judge Deborah Boardman handed down a sentence of only 8 years in prison. 

After the sentence was given, multiple outlets ran the story as if Roske were a woman. NBC News ran with the caption on their X account, "A woman who pleaded guilty to attempting to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh three years ago was sentenced to more than eight years in prison."

The Post Millennial Editor-in-Chief Libby Emmons and many others responded, pointing out that the outlet could not correctly state that Roske is a man. "NBC News should be absolutely ashamed of themselves. Nicholas Roske was no 'woman' when he showed up to murder Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh and he's no woman now," she commented.

CBC ran with the headline, "California woman sentenced to more than 8 years over plot to kill Supreme Court justice." A Fox News contributor on air used "she" as well as "her" to refer to Roske after the sentencing.

In CNN's coverage, the outlet ran with the headline, "Person who admitted to trying to kill Justice Brett Kavanaugh is sentenced to more than 8 years in prison." However, in the body of the article, did not refer to Roske as a man once, and said that the suspect "identifies as a woman."

Roske was found guilty of plotting an assassination and was sentenced on Friday. The order for the sentence stated, “The defendant’s actions and intent — which were determined, focused, and undeterred for months — were extremely dangerous to the lives of multiple sitting judges, their family members, and the Constitutional judicial order."

“The sentence imposed in this case must send the powerful message, both to the defendant and to others who contemplate committing assassination to obstruct judicial independence, that these ends never justify the means and that the consequences are not worth engaging in these acts.”