Eegore wrote on 11/23/21 at 05:28:04:"Somewhat unbelievably, my local newspaper has in fact buried the story. The narrative now is that he was fleeing another incident so therefore this somehow, in our bazaar world today, excuses his behavior to a small degree. He is still charged with five counts of murder but was his anti-white hatred create it by the constant, nonstop drumbeat from the leftist media?"
Isn't claiming that a story was "buried" pretty much saying you already think he had anti-white hatred and that it is due to leftist media?
I'd want to know what media he consumed, if any, his views on race prior to the incident, the duration of "leftist media" exposure he had and what responses, if any, that he had to it. For all I know this guy didn't even read local newspapers, or watch "the news" or use Facebook etc.
Is there evidence at this time to show this guy had white hatred and intentionally ran down all those people based on race, and that it was a direct reaction to consistent leftist media exposure?
That information was available within hours and certainly by the next day. He was on bail for running someone over with his car.
Compare the leftist media response to this with the knee jerk, immediate condemnation on other incidents. Remember it was Sarah Palin’s fault Gabby Giffords was shot. Biden pronounces Rittenhouse a white supremacist almost immediately and others still do it to this day. Matthew Shepard was tortured and killed by right wing rednecks, right? No, he was a drug addict and screwing one of his killers who were both being pimped out by someone else, but we passed a law in his name.
There are legitimate grey areas and there are not. What I’m saying is if leftist media immediately painted Rittenhouse as a white supremacist , is there any logic other than partisanship for not doing likewise to this guy especially when the evidence of such is overwhelming?
I’d be fine with not pinning a label on this guy but stop leftist, who control the vast majority of media, from doing it when it suits them.
We have no legitimate news outlets. All we have our advocates and it’s up to us to discern what’s more likely the truth.
We need journalists who do their job a little better.