12/7 - Terrorist attack

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(12-16-2021, 12:43 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: I watch a lot of news media, from several sources, and Fox's coverage of the Rittenhouse trial, as one example, was light years better from a journalism standard, than any of their contemporaries.  All of the channels had their own stated position on this trial, no not officially, but obviously from the content of their pundits on the subject, but Fox had, by far, the best fact based coverage of the trial. 

Without getting too effusive with the praise for Fox on this one (not saying you are) it is beyond easy to stick to facts and logic when they fit the narrative you're being told to sell to your audience.  In the USA we have a rather sadly specific left vs right battle on the subject of "good shoot or bad shoot" trials.  

The facts say Kyle Rittenhouse wasn't guilty, so Fox sticks to the facts and the left delves into the grey areas and speculation. The facts also said that the officer who killed George Floyd (or another police killing case, I can't keep track) was guilty and the left kept to the facts and the right started going into the speculation and grey area and so on.

I recall hearing people say that perhaps the police who were being found guilty were a product of left wing mobs intimidating judges and juries, but I don't recall any right wing sources admitting that Kyle Rittenhouse had an intimidating force of armed right-wingers on his side.  

I understand how the for-profit news cycle goes, and the importance of facts fluctuates depending on how well said facts align with the narrative your audience wants.  Congrats to Fox for sticking to the facts and the faith in the justice system for Kyle, but next let's talk about how what you saw with your own eyes on 1/6 was a lie and how the facts are misleading and the justice system is biased and flawed.  Give 'em what they want.

It's the old adage:  If you have the facts on your side, pound the facts; if you have the law on your side, pound the law; if you have neither the facts nor the law, pound the table.