MEDIA MALPRACTICE: Left-Wing Media Sources Overwhelmingly Call ICE Demonstrations ‘Peaceful’ — Don’t Say ‘Riot’
According to a Media Research Center report, left-wing news networks CNN and MSNBC overwhelmingly referred to the anti-ICE demonstrations as “mostly peaceful” — and almost never said “riot.” From The Media Research Center: MRC analysts looked at all coverage on CNN and MSNBC from June 7 through June 11 that aired between 5:00 am and 11:59 pm ET, finding 211 instances in which anchors, guests, or reporters described the riots in LA as “peaceful,” or some permutation thereof (details below). CNN was responsible for 123 such utterances, while MSNBC aired the remaining 88. Over the weekend of June 7, both