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Monday, March 27, 2017

Media Refuse to Blame Anti-Trump Protesters for Violence at Rallies

Anti-Trump protesters launched violent attacks on supporters of President Donald Trump at rallies across California on Saturday, but the media uniformly downplayed their role.

In headlines reporting the violence, media outlets either seemed to blame the Trump supporters for the violence, or used passive language that made the violence seem to have erupted as a natural consequence of the events.

Ironically, the text of the actual articles often made clear that anti-Trump protesters were to blame, but the headlines — which create a stronger impression, and are all that a casual reader may notice — uniformly refused to place blame where it belonged.

Instead of “Anti-Trump protesters attack peaceful pro-Trump rally,” or some variant thereof, readers in California saw the following:

LAist.com: “Pro-Trump Rally in Huntington Beach Turns Violent”

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Democrats are the most violent group I've ever seen.

Anonymous said...

They also like to characterize illegal aliens as "locals". With all their fancy learning, you might suspect they have an agenda!