Posted on Jan 7, 2022
How conservative media came to discount and deny threats from Jan. 6 insurrectionists
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Fox News hosts pleaded with former President Donald Trump and his chief of staff to tell rioters to go home on Jan. 6. But within days, those hosts had already started to diminish the significance of what happened that day.
NPR's David Folkenflik joins us to take a look at the conservative media landscape since Trump left office and the misinformation that spreads there.
NPR's David Folkenflik joins us to take a look at the conservative media landscape since Trump left office and the misinformation that spreads there.
How conservative media came to discount and deny threats from Jan. 6 insurrectionists
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Fox News Channel
Riots
Washington
Threat
Violence
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I don't know how they sleep at night or look at themselves in the mirror. Pathetic.
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Like many media outlets with more than a slight political leaning, they are in the business of delivering the message that their audience wants to hear. That message is delivered even if individuals in the organization privately think otherwise.
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Because they were largely NOT a threat. No one goes to an insurrection unarmed. A 67 year olf grandmother, who goes through the metal detector and is greeted by the guards and welcomed in is not a threat.
Who is a threat? The officer who shot an unarmed Air Force veteran and remains unaccounted for.
Who is a threat? The officer who shot an unarmed Air Force veteran and remains unaccounted for.
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SFC Thomas Foreman so they say but that didn't go to court so we don't know really, do we? And apparently that officer has had his share of issues with weapons but again, we never got to question it.
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PO1 Jeff Chandler are you familiar with the use of irony as a rhetorical device?
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Lt Col Charlie Brown police investigate things and present evidence. Prosecutors decide whether or not that evidence warrants going to court. In this case, there was both an internal and external examination of said evidence and the decision was made to not go to court. Cue “Law & Order” theme music.
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PO1 Jeff Chandler being there smartest guy in this room is not exactly a resume builder. And ultimately I don’t care
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