Dear Mainstream Media, Don’t You Dare Whitewash Anti-Trump Violence

National Review ^ | 4/29/2016 | David French

[Steve_Seattle]

I’m not a Trump guy by any means, but I’ve noticed how the media are paving the way for a very bloody summer by - for all intents and purposes - excusing the anti-Trump violence and thuggery by blaming it all on Trump, either implicitly or explicitly.

[Steve_Seattle]

"First article from NRO worth reading in recent memory."

I was banned from their website two nights ago by some Cruz supporters who didn't like my pessimistic comments about his campaign - and I was a Cruz supporter! Apparently, if two or more readers call you a troll, you ARE a troll: no review, nothing, no matter what your posting history shows you to be.

[Steve_Seattle]

French is the best writer at NR these days.

[MrEdd]

Now now.
Cruz (and his remaining supporters) insist that violence is caused by Trump.

Never mind the decades long violence of the communist flag carrying contingent.

Never mind over a thousand years of continuous Muslim violence.

#Blacklivesmatter riots in Missouri and Maryland? No, it’s caused by the atmosphere of Trump.

Imam Ted and the Tedomite Cruzlims couldn’t be wrong on the cause, could they? I mean Ted is the fulfillment of prophecy.. His dad and Saint Stabby have told us so.

[Steve_Seattle]

Both Hillary and sanders use the words “fight” and “fighting” in their signs and in their rhetoric. It occurred to me that this is not just a metaphor, but that they are actually signaling their supporters to engage in physical violence. They know who the media will blame.

[equaviator]

“There is blood on the hands of the mainstream media.”

That SHOULD be a good topic of discussion for early Monday morning...IN the workplace.

[WMarshal]

I think that the NRO twits do more time moderating the comments than actually writing articles. I have had so many posts deleted from that site that I only post if I am ok with it being deleted after five seconds. Say something pro-Trump and it goes into the same vault with Stalin’s secrets.

Say all you want about Disqus, they do let you see when moderators remove your posts and you get a feel for the places are not honestly moderating.

[Steve_Seattle]

"Am I wrong to believe that some in the media are thrilled at the prospect . . . "

Not at all. First, riots will increase ratings. Second, no matter what the evidence, they will blame the violence on Trump and/or Republicans, even if 98% of the violence is instigated by Democrats. For this reason, I urge all conservatives to absolutely stay away from Democratic events.

[This I Wonder32460]

The scary thing is in private or semi-private I suspect that the Dems and msm are hooting and hollering with glee, over the fact this man was injured, because they see him as the problem, when in reality they and their violent ilk are the problem. I would guest that to them this is what their dear leader meant by get in their face ... which I interpreted to me intimidate them until you get the dear leader and main stream dem’s way.

[Gator113]

Just open a season and give us a bag limit. Sounds like fun.

[Steve_Seattle]

It’s never been clear to me who does the deleting at NR. Many of my deleted comments have been utterly innocuous - no personal attacks, no advocacy of violence, no racism, no obscenity, but they get deleted. Moreover, it is not just specific comments that are deleted - ALL of my comments are now deleted. I’ve gotten the impression that other readers can get you permanently banned simply by typing “@troll” in response to your comments.

[Gator113]

Disgusting.

[Billthedrill]

French is correct. The drive in the MSM to drum up violence by convention time is frighteningly pervasive. “If it bleeds, it leads.”

[trisham]

Agreed.

[WMarshal]

Well, I guess I will start two innocuous sleeper accounts and age them a bit before I start retuning the favor.

[orchestra]

There will be more too.

[Steve_Seattle]

"French is correct. The drive in the MSM to drum up violence by convention time

A few weeks ago, when anti-Trump protesters engaged police in Pittsburgh, it was a full-blown riot. Only Fox News covered it, and the rest of the media - if they mentioned it at all - referred only to "protesters," not to the full-blown battle with police that actually happened.

[katnip]

I wish they would stop saying “Anti-Trump Protestors” and just call them “Democrat Rioters” which is what they are.

[glorgau]

Political street violence by brownshirts. Nothing else describes it.

[Travis McGee]