Kidnap Gov. Whitmer?

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(10-08-2020, 09:54 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: When has McConnell ever made excuses for right wing militia violence?

None that I know of. The point is, he's cashing in on the idea that it's all leftist violence (which is false).

Quote:Not a great example for you to use, seeing as the video evidence, and neutral first hand accounts, entirely support a self defense scenario.

Eh, depends on the video evidence, first hand accounts and other information. I mean, I always wear rubber gloves when I'm intent on peacefully protesting with a rifle. And I always shoot people in the back when I'm defending myself. You never know when a guy will turn around with malicious intent. 

Quote:Outside of Fox there isn't a single right leaning mainstream television news source.  CNN, MSNBC, PBS, etc. all lean to the left to varying degrees.  The majority of mainstream newspapers lean left to varying degrees, the Wall Street Journal's editorial section and the NY Post being the only major exceptions.  We both agree the violence from either spectrum is a problem.  But acting like they're both covered to the same extent by the media is blatantly false.

Well, yes... and no.

Fox is the highest rated among cable news networks. So, among the three leaning networks (CNN, FOX, MSNBC), it's in the minority, but still has higher ratings than the others. I got a chuckle out of calling PBS as partisan. Their stories tend to focus on human interest issues, but that doesn't make them partisan. 

But you're leaving out things like Blaze TV, NewsMax, One America (which might as well just rename itself as the Trump News Network), and the likes of  live streaming entities like InfoWars. The far right is well represented in its slant on news.

As far as newspapers, eh, that's harder to peg down. The general rule is reporters tend to lean left, editorial boards and publishers tend to lean right.