Under the headline “CNN Alters Photo of Umpqua Killer Chris Harper-Mercer,” TheGatewayPundit.com, a self-described “right-of-center” website, initially reported: “CNN photoshops the photo of Oregon college killer Chris Harper-Mercer to make him look white.”
The website, citing another right-wing site, The Conservative Tree House — which describes itself as a “Rag Tag Bunch of Conservative Misfits” — posted a side-by-side image of Harper-Mercer. The photo on the left, which is identified as a selfie he posted on social media, shows him with a dark complexion. The photo on the right, which the sites allege CNN broadcasted, portrays Harper-Mercer with a very light-skinned complexion.
Harper-Mercer shot and killed nine people at Umpqua Community College in Oregon last week.
