Legacy media are downplaying comparisons between the siege of the U.S. Capitol and the Black Lives Matter riots that took place over the summer, saying such comparisons are a “false equivalency” despite well-documented similarities.

The media have criticized Republicans for invoking the violence that plagued the Black Lives Matter protests to highlight their double standards regarding riots, saying there are few similarities between what transpired this summer and what occurred at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Instead, multiple outlets insist that the Capitol riots were a violent insurrection, while the social justice riots were mostly peaceful responses to legitimate grievances.