The Media Mislead America about Domestic Terror Threats

When chronicling acts of terror, mainstream journalists often minimize jihadists and ignore left-wing extremists. 

It’s as predictable as the sun rising in the east and setting in the west: When there’s an act of Islamic terror, some in the media will take great pains to minimize the threat. When there’s an act of white-supremacist terror, many of the same folks will overhype the threat from the right, often making it out to be greater than the threat of jihadist terror. 

In either case, all too few will look past the political spin to recognize the truth: Violence is a problem at both extremes of the political spectrum, and jihadists are the most dangerous extremists of all.

Let’s look at a CBS News broadcast from yesterday. 

While questioning Jeff Sessions about the Department of Justice’s response to right-wing terror, CBS ran this:

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