CNN did it, so and did the New York Times. So it should be no surprise that the network news channels (who trashed the peaceful Tea Parties as angry violent mobs) got right on board whitewashing the actual angry violent mob in Phoenix. Scott Whitlock at NewsBusters reports:
ABC: ‘Mostly Peaceful’ Immigration Protests vs. ‘Very Ugly’ Tea Party Rallies
On Saturday’s Good Morning America, reporter Mike Von Fremd downplayed the violence of protesters against Arizona’s new immigration law. He spun, “Riot police were called in to try and control demonstrators protesting outside the capital. Most were peaceful. A handful threw bottles at police and were arrested.” Yet, ABC derided March’s Tea Party rallies as “very ugly,” despite the fact that there were no arrests.
There’s that “mostly peaceful” phrase again. All the other lib media outlets are using the same thing, or slight variations. The White House must really get in touch with their media flying monkeys to make sure everyone’s on board with the Democrat talking points.
In contrast, on March 20, World News host David Muir scolded, “Protesters against the [health care] plan gathered on the streets of the capital where late today we learned words shouted turned very ugly, reports of racial and homophobic slurs, one protester actually spitting on a Congressman.” Continuing to fret over those opposed the bill, he complained, “Late word from Washington tonight about just how ugly the crowds gathered outside the Longworth office building have become.”
If Tea Party protesters had thrown bottles at members of Congress, it seems unlikely that ABC would have described them as “mostly peaceful.”
Heh, there weren’t any bottles, or anything else for that matter, thrown at members of Congress. But instead of ABC and the rest of the lib media calling the Tea Parties “mostly peaceful,” they instead bought into the lies of Congressmen who claimed they had racial slurs and spit hurled at them. Pathetic.
Over on NBC’s Today show on Saturday, correspondent Jose Diaz Balart played it straight with regard to immigration rallies: “Tensions were high outside the Capitol. Four protesters were arrested.” On CBS’s Early Show, Chris Wragge made only a quick reference to the protests: “On Friday, there were protests against the bill outside the state capitol in Phoenix.”
NewsBusters also produced this short video on the stark contrast between media treatment of this protest and the Tea Party:
Note that ABC is following the same liberal template as most of the lib media I’ve cited: Note the word “illegal” missing from the caption. Also, note the subtitle: “Strict law or racial profiling?” That’s not an objective question. It’s a Democrat talking point. This bill - which is simply an official declaration of enforcing laws that are already on the federal books! - does not and never did have anything to do with racial profiling! It’s typical lib-Dem racial fear-mongering disguised as news.
And I hope enough Americans are wise enough to see right through it.
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