From the Left · Read · October 24, 2026
Oct 23 · The father who stopped the Bend, Oregon school shooter describes the attack in his first interview
NBC News: Hero who stopped Bend school shooter haunted by encounter: ‘I didn’t save everybody’
Grade C (76/100). NBC News retells Kaylub Giamanco's account to Oregon Public Broadcasting, quoting him throughout, with the police chief's praise
C: Mixes in the reporter's opinion.
- Adds the reporter's own opinion or claims as fact (minus 24 points): 'could have continued his attack had Giamanco, 36, not randomly ended up at the crime scene' (the outlet's own conclusion)
Splits: NBC News retells Kaylub Giamanco's account to Oregon Public Broadcasting, quoting him throughout, with the police chief's praise
Same story: Newsweek, Daily Wire
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