In 1924 The New York Times seemed like they were on top of this story.
nytimes.com/1924/12/21/arc…
nytimes.com/1924/12/21/arc…
Getting the story right is tough business. You don't want any perception bias interfering with hard facts. nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2… 
Sept 2020: The goal is to not add perception to reality. "The Insurrection Act, a two-century-old law, enables a president to send in active-duty military troops to quell disturbances over the objections of governors."
Should the media prognosticate? nytimes.com/2020/09/25/us/…
Should the media prognosticate? nytimes.com/2020/09/25/us/…
this group has cataloged over fifty different kinds of bias that can affect judgement. What it doesn't catalog is when people use gained knowledge to predict outcome. Something called experience, wisdom or expertise. catalogofbias.org/2020/02/11/a-t…
Here is the dilemma. People love predictions. Historical records from the Bible to Nostradamus provide hundreds of wrong predictions but still people swear by these prophecies. Tabloids and social media thrive on predictions. express.co.uk/news/weird/126…
America is fascinated by Q/Qanon. Another predictive source. The predictions are wildly inaccurate but followers want the predictions to be accurate. Yet these same adopt the term "Fake News" to impune factual reporting that they feel has perception bias. theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
Silly premise? No. Right now we have a group of GOP Senators, educated, intelligent people who will ignore well-presented facts claiming perception bias and/or lack of evidence that the president actively engaged in funding and stoking violent sedition. washingtonpost.com/politics/repub…
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