https://twitter.com/PRPOnline/status/738585315191853056
Outside a Donald Trump rally last night in San Jose, supporters of the presumptive GOP nominee were assaulted, with some being beaten bloody and pelted with eggs.
With all that in mind, MSNBC talking heads were quoted as covering evening’s events this way:
MSNBC commentator: “This crowd so far is not extremely violent”. But there have been multiple assaults. Okay then.
— Megan McArdle (@asymmetricinfo) June 3, 2016
MSNBC anchor asks @rickwtyler: “What does it mean for the Republican party to see this kind of violence post-rally?” Uh…what?
— Steve Krakauer (@SteveKrak) June 3, 2016
“Lively crowd” of protestors, says MSNBC anchor to describe the people who are acting like this: https://t.co/7oOpNwkFpS
— Steve Krakauer (@SteveKrak) June 3, 2016
Come on!
Same network edited a photo to make a tea party rally seem racist and violent, absent any actual violence. https://t.co/rCqWOrbwMs
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) June 3, 2016
Imagine how different that coverage would have been if the same events unfolded outside a Sanders or Clinton rally.
"extremely" – note they didn't say fairly or kinda or no modifier at all.
— Cheesetrader (@cheesetrader1) June 3, 2016
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@seanmdav so the new standard is "extreme" violence, not simply violence? Comforting to know …
— Greg ?? (@hokie6) June 3, 2016
We’re afraid to ask where the line between “violence” and “extreme violence” lives.
So it's clear, @NBCNews and @MSNBC will refer to the unprovoked mob violence against Trump supporters, as a "clash". Incredible dishonesty.
— WhiteHousePressCorps (@whpresscorps) June 3, 2016