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:
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Does this surprise anyone?
Obama is leaving on his last tour as potus. Absent Like he was when he was playing golf and Louisiana was drowning.
They back Hillary and Soros. so what do you expect.
Trump insulted every religion and nationality in this country, never apologized and that’s how he won the election! Now you want peace and unity! That’s not going too happen cause we’re too smart too fall for that BS!
Hello lamebrain! That’s what Trump did to win the election!
Well I guess you don’t mind getting your$#%&!@*and$#%&!@*grab cause you like being someone’s$#%&!@*
Boycott CBS hit them in the pocket
Trump lies 77% of the time! You people don’t believe in facts!
Never again no shoe cbs nbc you all disgust