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:
.. Here’s my advice and I have taken it myself I voted for Donald Trump I’m happy we dodged the bullet.. But I have deleted every political website from my Facebook page I don’t know how I ran across this one today and honestly I don’t care.. It feels really good to get back to posts of funny things and sports and weather and talking to people and not spewing hatred we won its over.. Let’s live our lives
won’t b long befor only flie and flees will like them !
No surprise
CBS your a joke like CNN your done
CBS should be shut down.
They should be. If they cant report the truth they need to be shut down
The media can’t let it go, so all they will show are the negative things going on.
I hate a bully and CBS you are a bully.
I stopped watching CNN,CBS AND NBC. They forget who really pays their salaries.WE THE PUBLIC. News reporters are so bias and have lied so much you know when they open their mouths ,lies spew out like vomit. I stopped taking the Commercial Appeal (Memphis Tn paper) who is owned by USA TODAY BECAUSE THEY ARE LIARS.
How absolutely horrid can they be? Don’t tell me they aren’t Comie, libral nuts.