NRA TV, the video propaganda arm of the National Rifle Association, received a brutal fact check by CNN’s Jake Tapper on Tuesday.

It started with a bizarre conspiracy theory by NRA TV personality Dana Loesch, claiming that CNN and MSNBC have not covered the school resource officer who ended a school shooting at Great Mills High School.

“We won’t see any stories on CNN, on MSNBC, on any of those talking head circuits about this hero, this [Great Mills High School] armed resource officer, who did the opposite of what Scot Peterson did…what Broward Sheriff did…what [Broward Superintendent] Robert Runcie did,” Loesch claimed.

Tapper need but one word to respond to such an outlandish claim.

False. https://t.co/hRmGuein5h https://t.co/gT4NFJhrdL

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) March 20, 2018

Tapper also offered evidence.

The rapid response of a Maryland school's sole resource officer, Blaine Gaskill, was instrumental in bringing a shooting incident to a quick end https://t.co/OoIaeJgpYb pic.twitter.com/IrD7fUdDnJ

— CNN (@CNN) March 20, 2018

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