Wondering why there’s so much outrage about @realDonaldTrump’s decision to restart his campaign but not the global protests during a pandemic? I have an idea.
It’s because the media/left can only muster outrage about gatherings they don’t agree with.
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It’s because the media/left can only muster outrage about gatherings they don’t agree with.
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To kick things off, @nytimes. For the rally, it’s a dangerous health risk that could become “disastrous” because of coronavirus.
Somehow, the daily protests nationwide seem to be immune.
Can you spot the difference?
Somehow, the daily protests nationwide seem to be immune.
Can you spot the difference?
They aren’t alone. Tons of media pushed this same two-track narrative.
Here’s @MSNBC.
Trump is supposedly taking an unacceptable risk. The protestors are lionized.
Here’s @MSNBC.
Trump is supposedly taking an unacceptable risk. The protestors are lionized.
Similar narrative pushed by @maddow.
Here’s @NPR doing the same thing, paid for by your tax dollars.
No concern for “proper social distancing” when the cause is one that they like.
No concern for “proper social distancing” when the cause is one that they like.
More of the same from @AP
Were there no health experts concerned about this other rally, @ABC? Your own footage looks pretty dramatic.
@CNN really put on a clinic on this one. Here’s their main account.
Trump is taking risks. Nationwide is ritests get to hear about Tupac. You can’t make it up.
Trump is taking risks. Nationwide is ritests get to hear about Tupac. You can’t make it up.
Their other account, @CNNPolitics, did the same thing. One is driven by fears, the other is a comparison to the 60s.
You may be familiar with @Acosta. He does the same bit here.
And the same goes for @USATODAY
And @HuffPost has snapped to the same narrative.
But it wasn’t just media outlets found that. Plenty of folks on the left we’re doing the same exact thing.
Hard to find a bad narrative that @funder isn’t involved in.
Hard to find a bad narrative that @funder isn’t involved in.
Here’s @Amy_Siskind, taking part in a protest that surely isn’t social distancing safe, and gawking at another that obviously isn’t.
You know it wouldn’t be a thread if @kurteichenwald didn’t make an appearance.
Pretty stunning what’s happened to @tribelaw
It isn’t just activists. Here’s @BernieSanders with the same hypocrisy.
And of course the Never Trump brigade are involved here too. Here’s @BillKristol
And woke Joe Walsh. @WalshFreedom
To quote @neontaster paraphrasing @benshapiro, this virus doesn’t care about your protest or your politics. It’s about time the media and the left acted like it, rather than gaslight the American people.
