This column is really just straight-up reporting. And it's not even complicated reporting. All I've done is go around and talk to people affected by the riots. Yet for some reason this kind of very straightforward reporting has barely appeared in the media
We know why the left-leaning media has refrained from doing it. They believe (wrongly) that it would help Trump and/or discredit "the movement," and their coverage priorities are slanted accordingly. The even more interesting question is why conservative media has also refrained
There are a few possible reasons. One, media conservatives generally do a bad job depicting working class minority populations (just like left/liberals). And to the extent that they care, it's only to put forward an over-simplified "pro-Trump" narrative, which doesn't apply here
You're probably not going to find a Somali or Ethiopian small business owner who hates riots, and whose grocery was destroyed by white left-wing activists, who will also give you some kind of easy, reductive pro-Trump talking point. And so media conservatives don't even bother
On top of that, right-wing media are also subject to institutional pressures and incentives. I could probably not do what I'm doing if I had to obtain pre-approval from an editor. I simply do it (thanks to your generous support!) and then if outlets want me to write something, OK
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