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:
anyone surprized?
Still haven’t seen a plea of peace from Obama & Hillary! Obama just spreads more fear and warns of more riots, like he has no voice of peace. I guess he doesn’t because he chooses not to.
the plea should come from president Obama and ole Hillary. no wait,,, they should demand they stop
Typical of CNN
You don’t think the media would air Trump calling for calm when both Hillary and Obama didn’t…
The owners and puppet mouthpieces of cbs,, need to pay for 30 years of reporting lies as truth.. After willing doing this for 30 years,, people need to be hanged.
They should be under fire
Obama should be calling for peace, too
Don’t watch their station.
Main stream media is a pile of steaming dog$#%&!@*that keeps on stinking
No violence . That s what they want civil.war anarchy .