Last week, critics accused the mainstream press of encouraging anti-Trump violence in the wake of Tuesday’s election results. Now we have yet another example that the media didn’t do all they could to stop the attacks allegedly happening across the United States. Quite the contrary, their actions encourage more violence.
It’s easy to see why the press wanted the anti-Trump violence to continue. From a TV perspective, the protests made compelling programming. There’s a saying in the news that “if it bleeds, it leads,” and these attacks were providing the blood.
But the violence also helped serve the narrative the press tried to push the entire campaign. In the months leading up to the election, the media tried to paint Trump’s supporters as an unruly, racist mob. The press wanted “Trump’s America” to be a hateful, violent place.
And after the election, it looked as if they got what they wished. Hate crimes reportedly spiked and violent protests broke out across the country. Much of this violence was against Trump — not in support of him — and several of the reported “hate crimes” turned out to be fake, but that didn’t matter. The media kept reporting and encouraging the attacks because it undermined the president-elect.
Well now it looks as if their plan backfired. See why many are accusing CBS of inciting violence on the next page:
Boycott cbs.
Virginia ConnEr Are you all right! Trump’s already putting lobbyists in his administration! How’s that working for you? Didn’t Trump say he was getting rid of all the lobbyists! I guess he didn’t want your ideas cause obviously his are different from yours! That’s cause he lies 77% of the time and you can add another lie too his resume! Now you have infighting in the trump organization! I thought he knows how too get things done! Running the government is not like running a business! Now he wants too get Top Secret clearance for his kids! They run his businesses and they want this clearance and that’s insane! Cruz might be the next Attorney General and that’s insane! Trump insulted Cruz’s wife and family, but now is all forgiven! If anyone insulted my family, I’d stay away from that nitwit! Trump went out for a $35.00 dollar hamburger last night! I wonder how the people that don’t have a job today feel! That’s enough money too by groceries for a few days for people! Trump is going too let you all down and I don’t want to hear about your whining!
And they should be. I don’t watch the foney news
I am growing more and more to hate out media. Don’t believe anything they say anymore. They have a long way to come back and prove they are reliable again. Honest we can only pray for .
Stahl should have held her old crinkled tung and let Trump finish answering the question. Rigged media. Shameful!!!
Virginia ConnEr What do you do all day, play Cookie Jam! Read a book do some research cause there is no considerable voter fraud! From 2001-2016 a billion votes have been cast and there was 35 cases of voter fraud and that’s a fact! Go to factcheck.com cause that’s where all the true facts are! Stop your b******t and search for the truth and stop playing little kids games!
John Davis , Hillary lies 100% of the time.
of COURSE they did… if the media doesn’t wise up its going the same way the democrats are headed…. to oblivion and beyond.. OR they could redeem themselves and actually start reporting the TRUTH.. so that we could actually make some honest change in this mess the democrats left us with… we need to get RID of the destructive rhetoric and lying propaganda and replace it with real news.. and SOME news agency is going to figure that out some day.. and then THEY will dominate the media… in a GOOD and PRODUCTIVE way and the rest of the slimy degenerate media will shrivel up and die away… finally.
CBS is owned–by George Soros who finds the riots. He is raging because he knows his days are numbered and very short
Liberals are underhanded criminals.