ABC: 'Mostly Peaceful' Immigration Protests vs. 'Very Ugly' Tea Party Rallies

Newsbusters ^ | 4/26/10 | Scott Whitlock

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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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Just remember, the li_e_al media, lies all the time.

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What Big Media is desperately hoping is for violence to break out at Tea Parties. I can imagine their exasperation when every cherished myth they have about conservatives (violent, hateful and racist speakers) fails to occur at the Tea Parties. But when leftist demonstators thrown things at police, well, that’s not violent at all.