He’s right to call out Jim Jordan for taking those particular comments out of context.
However, the endless repetition of “peaceful protests” has an effect as well, and there are people (like the Penguin) who deny the seriousness of the mayhem and destruction.
If it is an endless repetition of “peaceful protests” without qualification, that is indeed a problem. But as long as the description is prefaced with “largely,” “mostly,” and the like, that solved the problem. In this instance it is Jim Jordan, not CNN, that is attempting to deceive the public.
I want to see some quantification of the effect. I’ve heard that large portions of the public don’t believe there’s any violence going on. I’ve heard that right-wing media is emphasizing the violence while left-wing media is trying to cover it up.
It certainly didn’t look like CNN was covering it up. The “effect” is of course very subjective. But I have no doubt that Jim Jordan was deliberately trying to deceive the public and we should accordingly put him on our liar list.
I’d concur with Robin in that the left learning media hasn’t covered it up. From much of what I’ve seen and heard, it seems they are qualifying the violence. Showing it but also indicating by and large that it’s been peaceful, given the scale of world-wide protests.
It’s seems it’s the right-wing that ignores the proportion and tries to “insinuate” that “all” or “most” protests are violent. It was incredibly dishonest of Jim Jordan (and supporters) to attempt to deceive the public. That’s what you call…”fake news”. It reminds me of how misleading and shady Tucker Carlson’s accusation was against the NYT. Yet, the reality is, he was notified prior to his public allegation that there was no intended doxxing. As well, the reporter has received threats and attempts to break into his home. But, has Carlson done anything to correct the perception he provided to his audience…nope?
Pew Research has provided some insights about recent protests:
* On balance, Americans say too much news coverage has focused on acts of violence during protests, too little on nonviolent protests.
*Majorities of Americans say news coverage of protests has been good, Trump’s public message wrong.
*Young adults stand out for discussing the protests more than older adults, being particularly negative on Trump’s message and wanting more coverage of most issues.
Another interesting dynamic, at the height of protests, was there were no records showing links to Antifa within the federal cases relating to the protests. This seemingly contradicts comments by Trump and his trusty sidekick AG Barr. At that time, the only mention of an extremist group in court documents was in a case against Nevada men who allegedly belong to the right-wing “Boogaloo” movement, which aims to incite a civil war. This reminds me of the confession of Dylann Roof, as he hoped to instigate a race war, after killing nine African-Americans in a SC church.
Peaceful Protests…here’s the video Congressman Jim Jordan doesn’t want you to see.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/07/28/jim-jordan-video-barr-hearing-tapper-lead-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/
He’s right to call out Jim Jordan for taking those particular comments out of context.
However, the endless repetition of “peaceful protests” has an effect as well, and there are people (like the Penguin) who deny the seriousness of the mayhem and destruction.
If it is an endless repetition of “peaceful protests” without qualification, that is indeed a problem. But as long as the description is prefaced with “largely,” “mostly,” and the like, that solved the problem. In this instance it is Jim Jordan, not CNN, that is attempting to deceive the public.
I want to see some quantification of the effect. I’ve heard that large portions of the public don’t believe there’s any violence going on. I’ve heard that right-wing media is emphasizing the violence while left-wing media is trying to cover it up.
It certainly didn’t look like CNN was covering it up. The “effect” is of course very subjective. But I have no doubt that Jim Jordan was deliberately trying to deceive the public and we should accordingly put him on our liar list.
I’d concur with Robin in that the left learning media hasn’t covered it up. From much of what I’ve seen and heard, it seems they are qualifying the violence. Showing it but also indicating by and large that it’s been peaceful, given the scale of world-wide protests.
It’s seems it’s the right-wing that ignores the proportion and tries to “insinuate” that “all” or “most” protests are violent. It was incredibly dishonest of Jim Jordan (and supporters) to attempt to deceive the public. That’s what you call…”fake news”. It reminds me of how misleading and shady Tucker Carlson’s accusation was against the NYT. Yet, the reality is, he was notified prior to his public allegation that there was no intended doxxing. As well, the reporter has received threats and attempts to break into his home. But, has Carlson done anything to correct the perception he provided to his audience…nope?
Pew Research has provided some insights about recent protests:
* On balance, Americans say too much news coverage has focused on acts of violence during protests, too little on nonviolent protests.
*Majorities of Americans say news coverage of protests has been good, Trump’s public message wrong.
*Young adults stand out for discussing the protests more than older adults, being particularly negative on Trump’s message and wanting more coverage of most issues.
https://www.journalism.org/2020/06/12/majorities-of-americans-say-news-coverage-of-george-floyd-protests-has-been-good-trumps-public-message-wrong/
Another interesting dynamic, at the height of protests, was there were no records showing links to Antifa within the federal cases relating to the protests. This seemingly contradicts comments by Trump and his trusty sidekick AG Barr. At that time, the only mention of an extremist group in court documents was in a case against Nevada men who allegedly belong to the right-wing “Boogaloo” movement, which aims to incite a civil war. This reminds me of the confession of Dylann Roof, as he hoped to instigate a race war, after killing nine African-Americans in a SC church.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tommybeer/2020/06/10/51-protesters-facing-federal-charges-yet-no-sign-of-antifa-involvement/#13d86f084138
Interestingly, Minneapolis police have recently alleged a link between a protester dubbed ‘Umbrella Man’ to a white supremacy group.