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ABC: 'Mostly Peaceful' Immigration Protests vs. 'Very Ugly' Tea Party Rallies
Newsbusters ^ | 4/26/10 | Scott Whitlock

Posted on 04/26/2010 11:08:24 PM PDT by ICAB9USA

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. 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."

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: distortion; immigration; media; teaparty
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1 posted on 04/26/2010 11:08:24 PM PDT by ICAB9USA
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ABC = Poofters ...


2 posted on 04/26/2010 11:11:08 PM PDT by Lmo56
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To: ICAB9USA

This commie propaganda has been ruling policy and election decisions for decades.


3 posted on 04/26/2010 11:11:55 PM PDT by roses of sharon (I can do all things through Him who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13)
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ABC News Commentators: ‘Illegal Immigration Protests Are Mostly a Very Ugly Piece of Crap’


4 posted on 04/26/2010 11:17:15 PM PDT by bunkerhill7
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To: ICAB9USA

we NEED PICTURES. Compare and contrast, media definitions

Show one picture of a left wing rally with lots of violence and the media description of it: Mostly peaceful

Then show anothe rpicture of right wing tea party rally where the media describe as ugly and violent


5 posted on 04/26/2010 11:17:37 PM PDT by 4rcane
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To: roses of sharon
Yes.

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CBS, ABC, NBC, CNN, MSNBC, PBS, the New York Times, the Washington Post, Time, Newsweek, Vanity Fair, Vogue, Reader's Digest, NPR, etc. etc. ---

barf

6 posted on 04/26/2010 11:18:23 PM PDT by ICAB9USA (If you want your dreams to come true, don't sleep quite so much ...............)
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To: ICAB9USA

Illegal alien supporters attack police with rocks and bottles after passage of a new bill cracking down on illegal alien invaders. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c6KB_hwzf4


7 posted on 04/26/2010 11:29:59 PM PDT by donna (SarahPAC has donated money to...(wait for it)...Lindsey Graham!)
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To: ICAB9USA
The numbers tell the story. When the Tea Parties generate enormous crowds with hardly any reports of actual, documented incidents they are menacing, mean spirited, and ugly. A rally of a few thousand protesters against the AZ illegals law turns into a riot requiring police to arrest dozens and it's just a few people got overenthusiastic in their protest.
8 posted on 04/26/2010 11:30:11 PM PDT by eggman (Grab a mop Mr. Gibbs! Your boss is making another mess.)
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To: 4rcane

The flailing MSM talks but who listens?

Crickets chirping.


9 posted on 04/27/2010 12:08:13 AM PDT by ChiMark
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To: ICAB9USA

They are in the tank for the Progressive agenda and it cannot be supported by anything but lies and class warfare. The left is bereft of credibility.


10 posted on 04/27/2010 12:23:39 AM PDT by TigersEye (0basma's father was a British subject. He can't be a "natural-born" citizen.)
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Those nasty Tea Partiers, throwing bottles of Nestea and Lipton at riot police... oh, wait


11 posted on 04/27/2010 1:04:40 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
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Here is a link showing protesters getting arrested for throwing plastic water bottles in Phoenix:

http://origin.thefoxnation.com/arizona-immigration-law/2010/04/26/aint-no-tea-party-small-riot-erupts-immigration-protest

Meanwhile:

PHOENIX (AP) - The Arizona State Capitol has been the scene of many protests over the past few days. Now it’s the scene of vandalism.

Crews came in Monday morning and cleaned up refried beans that someone smeared over windows including Swastikas left on some House and Senate windows.

Capitol police think the vandalism occurred overnight Monday.

It’s the first vandalism at the Capitol since Gov. Jan Brewer signed the immigration enforcement bill into law last Friday.


12 posted on 04/27/2010 1:35:23 AM PDT by jonrick46 (We're being water boarded with the sewage of Fabian Socialism.)
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lol


14 posted on 04/27/2010 3:21:14 AM PDT by ICAB9USA (I cut off part of my middle finger .......... it almost rendered me mute. -- Rahm Emanuel)
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Thanks ........


15 posted on 04/27/2010 3:21:46 AM PDT by ICAB9USA (I cut off part of my middle finger .......... it almost rendered me mute. -- Rahm Emanuel)
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I can’t decide. Are the MSM happy propagandists or are they so thoroughly drinking the leftist kool-aid that they actually think their reporting is somewhat related to reality.

Or some of both?


16 posted on 04/27/2010 3:57:32 AM PDT by mike-zed
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I think ........ both.


17 posted on 04/27/2010 3:58:37 AM PDT by ICAB9USA (I cut off part of my middle finger .......... it almost rendered me mute. -- Rahm Emanuel)
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ABC spent so much time and good will claiming Obama
was Christian that ABC is not worth its weight in spoor.


18 posted on 04/27/2010 4:00:45 AM PDT by Diogenesis (Article IV - Section 4 - The United States Â… shall protect each of them against Invasion)
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re: ........ spoor

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Obama's history could have been tracked competently by the media ..... but unfortunately they are just in on The Coup.

(jmo)

19 posted on 04/27/2010 4:07:05 AM PDT by ICAB9USA (I cut off part of my middle finger .......... it almost rendered me mute. -- Rahm Emanuel)
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I wish they were in the Coop(chicken coop) instead of the Coup. ;0)


20 posted on 04/27/2010 5:57:16 AM PDT by seemoAR
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