Liberal media outlets have become “unhinged” over the mass slayings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, with the left-wing bias reaching “unprecedented levels,” according to critics of the coverage.
“Unprecedented levels of left-wing bias by the media in their coverage of the El Paso and Dayton tragedies,” tweeted Brent Bozell of the conservative Media Research Center. “This is just a sample of the shameful partisan propaganda being peddled by so-called ‘journalists,’” he added before providing a link from his News Busters site of examples.
Unprecedented levels of left-wing bias by the media in their coverage of the El Paso and Dayton tragedies. This is just a sample of the shameful partisan propaganda being peddled by so-called “journalists.” @NewsBustershttps://t.co/Lxka4ug5sf
— Brent Bozell (@BrentBozell) August 7, 2019
At the Republican National Committee, top aides have also charted examples of shocking and distorted statements about the crimes and President Trump, even by a former Republican White House spokeswoman.
Rapid Response Director Steve Guest called the reactions “unhinged,” and provided four examples:
- MSNBC anchor and former Bush spokeswoman Nicolle Wallace said that President Trump is “talking about exterminating Latinos.” She later tweeted that she had “misspoke.”
- Lawrence O’Donnell’s show The Last Word ran the chyron “TRUMP-INSPIRED TERRORISM.”
- A guest on the Brian Williams’ show, NBC contributor Frank Figluizzi, said that Trump re-raising U.S. flags on August 8, after lowering them for the shootings, was “’very significant to the neo-Nazi movement” because they feel the day means “Heil Hitler.”
- CNN contributor Wajahat Ali cheered “#MassacreMoscowMitch” in a tweet, a reference to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
After tweeting last night how happy he was #MassacreMoscowMitch was trending, Ali is on CNN this morning talking about violent extremism. pic.twitter.com/oeqblxWyey
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) August 6, 2019
Bozell’s group, meanwhile, set up a special page titled “El Paso/Dayton shootings” to chart the bias. Among his headlines:
- Angry Trevor Noah Slams Fox for Not Demanding Gun Control
- MSNBC’s Melvin Scolds: Trump ‘Incapable…Unwilling to Show Empathy,’ Unlike Obama
- Nets Hammer Trump While Touting Outrageous Dem Rhetoric
- Condescending CNN Looks to Mexico, Venezuela to Lecture U.S. on Gun Policy
- MSNBC’s Chris Hayes: President Poses ‘Existential Threat’ to America
- Networks Silent on Ohio Shooter’s ‘Leftist,’ ‘Socialist’ Politics
- Boston Globe E-Mail: ‘Republicans Don’t Value People,’ Just NRA ‘Blood Money’
