Accuracy in Media

None of the major liberal mainstream media outlets put the $1 million in damages figure in their headlines. Instead, headlines ranged from “Riot declared in Portland, Oregon amid new wave of anti-Trump demos” (CBS News) to “Anti-Trump protesters take to the streets in many cities for a third night” (Washington Post) and the like.

From KGW News in Portland, Oregon: Most of the 112 protesters arrested in Portland last week didn’t vote in Oregon, according to state election records. Approximately 30 percent did cast a ballot in Oregon or in another state. At least seventy-nine demonstrators either didn’t turn in a ballot or weren’t registered to vote in the […]

For all the outrage against Trump supporters and violent rhetoric, it seems a little ironic that a North Carolina GOP county office was firebombed and hateful rhetoric spray-painted on the side of an adjacent building. What was buried in the reporting was that some completed absentee ballots may have been destroyed (per NBC News): ABC […]

Thanks for the property damages, Black Lives Matter activists. By some estimates, the city of Baltimore suffered between $9 million to $20 million in damages after riots and looting devastated their downtown area. Ferguson, Missouri saw at least $5.7 million in damages. That amounts to property damages between $14.7 million to $25.7 million. No estimates, […]