Luigi Mangione: How the CEO murder suspect became a social media folk hero | The Story

After nearly a week on the run, Luigi Mangione was arrested in Pennsylvania for the murder of health insurance CEO, Brian Thompson. But in a macabre twist, Mangione has found widespread support on social media, which has dubbed him the ‘hot assassin’. Why?

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Host: Luke Jones.

Guest: Sam Lovett, US reporter, The Times.

Clips: The Daily Show, ABC7 News, Fox11 News, TikTok/xyathanchekass, TikTok/dpshw, TikTok/imcodyjacob, other TikToks, Edith finding sources

Further reading: ‘The hot assassin’: how the internet became obsessed with Luigi Mangione

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[muirislandjim]

RIP to all those killed by the denial of healthcare

[OlavD]

As a Norwegian I am surprised Americans keeps taking the scam without doing anything

[BG-fmod]

How come y’all did not talk about the fact that the US govt was investigating United Health care and that the CEo dumped his stock right before the public found out.

[AllergicToFantasy]

The point is not that he's handsome. The reaction online is not "strange." The masses are united across party lines and petty cultural differences in our conviction that we're not going to take it anymore. The CEO Brian Thompson had a compensation package tied to profitability which was achieved by denying people necessary medical care for which they had paid. He may have been a father of two... Who gives a damn? During his tenure, millions of other parents, and their children, were denied life saving medical care. All of them suffered, many of them died. During his tenure, he implemented an AI system that at one point was rejecting 91% of all claims until they adjusted the algorithm and brought it down to rejecting 32% of all claims. They are **happy** to let people die for profitability.
We are being further enraged by watching corporately owned media try to shift the narrative to their favor. They'll orchestrate and enable us to fight religious wars, cultural wars, and wars for their precious oil... But they're not going to sit back and watch the launch of the only war they fear: class war.

[Talking_Comics]

People were on his side before he was arrested and before anyone knew what he looked like. The alignment is ideological and maybe that makes you uncomfortable but you can't gaslight us into thinking it was a shallow resonance.

[JAVetter]

When the CEO of UHC Makes $10:plus Million a year:And a teacher Makes $50k: Something is very wrong Boss

[jd]

Media keep on saying broad daylight but it isnt! 6.40/6.45 am still quite dark in December.

[Badfish]

"the hot assassin" they're trying to gaslight us to think this is just about people simping. Honestly I don't even think he stands out looks wise.

[smkh]

He made every effort to be arrested without drama.
He is looking forward to trial by public opinion !

[TheEphraimUchiha]

Free Luigi American healthcare system is a joke. God bless the QUEEN AND NHS. HOPE it won't get privatased, god forbid

[billtomson]

American here. I support your resistance to unchecked immigration and radical Islam, but Reform party members please take note: you do NOT want any one person or group to privatize the NHS. US health care is a hellish nightmare.

[typxxilps]

now the CEO will get evenhigher compensation packages due to a high risk job with the risk of being killed.

[catherinerobson]

30 plus claims are denied by United Health and the is after a monthly premium around $600 then a $5000 deducticble (no coverage till you pay that much, then copays of around 20% up, its no coverage, its a nightmare of complex interaction, its decades of debt.

[irenehabes-quene]

He could have gotten away with it if he had chucked everything away and kept a low profile. Maybe part of him wanted acknowledgement for what hè had done.

[michaelemouse]

Can't believe he was caught because he took off his mask to flirt with a girl. That's the difference between an amateur assassin and a professional assassin.

[torsmork]

American problems; American solutions. 😅

[economobserv]

No one asks about his health in prison😢

[lindamarconi]

Healthcare CEO's are extremely wealthy, due to denying claims, people losing their lives, Pure "Blood Money" .
Very sad for for all the families who lost their loved ones and homes.

[pokeybit]

New episode of Black Mirror just dropped

[natashaj]

Protect the CEOS. demand nationalized universal health care NOW!!