They've gone back to covering Don the Con's convention

[malaise]

just after they heard that they may have been sovereign citizens.

Bangs head.

[malaise]

1. Lyin' Brian is back covering the shootings n/t

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

2. He must have a cot there. Time to wake up Williams.

[malaise]

3. Paying for all those lies

[napkinz]

20. :)

[malaise]

21. Shambo

[yeoman6987]

4. The convention doesn't even start til tomorrow

[malaise]

5. Here's my guess - sovereign citizen

targeted black cops.

[malaise]

22. They don't care

All Don the Con all the time

[LuvNewcastle]

6. They can call it ConCon 2016.

[malaise]

23. Yes

s

[napkinz]

7. the Republican Klanvention

[malaise]

16. More like make America hate again

They disgust me

[HipChick]

8. Sovereign Citiizens does not fit the narrative they want...

[maryellen99]

9. Also the fact that it wasn't race related either nt

[malaise]

10. It's amazing how neatly it all fits into the 'law and order' meme

I heard they changed it - so says some RW trash site.

[B2G]

12. It doesn't fit into any narrative

Because there's no proof of it.

[Rex]

11. Oh well if it turns out to be SC, expect it to drop like a hot potato.

Like the Planned Parenthood guy, he turned out to not fit the narrative they need to make a good paycheck so expect this to be dropped too.

[napkinz]

13. Fox News' Double Standard For Right-Wing Cop Killers

December 22, 2014
ERIC BOEHLERT

The politicization surrounding the killing of two New York Police Department officers over the weekend was amazingly swift. Fox News led the right-wing media charge, immediately claiming Democratic elected officials were somehow responsible for the gun rampage, which began in Baltimore when Ismaaiyl Brinsley allegedly shot his ex-girlfriend, and extended to Brooklyn when the mentally troubled shooter assassinated two police officers, before killing himself on a city subway platform.

On Fox, hosts and guests were sure who was to blame for the tragedy; not the gunman necessarily, but political and community leaders like President Obama, Attorney General Eric Holder, Mayor Bill de Blasio and MSNBC's Al Sharpton. Why? Because the men, to varying degrees, have spoken out about the troubled relationship between law enforcement and the black community, and raised concerns about two recent high-profile cases, Michael Brown and Eric Garner, in which unarmed black men were killed, and police officers responsible were not indicted.

Against that backdrop of civil protest, former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik told Fox News, "I personally feel that Mayor de Blasio, Sharpton and others like them, they actually have blood on their hands."

"Let's talk about the president as well," responded Fox's Jeanine Pirro, suggesting Obama and Mayor de Blasio were to blame. "The two of them have undoubtedly created racial tensions that worsens, not betters the situation for law enforcement."

Appearing on Fox News, former New York City Mayor Rudolf Giuliani insisted the message from recent Obama "propaganda" was that "everybody should hate the cops." (No such Obama "propaganda" actually exists.)

read more: http://mediamatters.org/blog/2014/12/22/fox-news-double-standard-for-right-wing-cop-kil/201978


the article above goes on to look at how when right-wing nut Jerad Miller killed two cops in Vegas earlier in that year, FOX looked the other way and called Miller a lone-wolf, ignoring Miller's ties to violent far-right groups (like the Bundy militia that was threatening law enforcement).

The article concludes: "Once again, Fox paid little attention to those right-wing executions of law enforcement officers."

[bluestateguy]

14. And the cop killer in Berrien Co. Michigan

2 dead court baliffs in St. Joseph, Michigan.

Killer was a white male child molester.

So that story got dropped like a hot potato.

[malaise]

15. Of course - nothing to see there

Remember the two who left the Bundy ranch and killed two cops?
They're playing to Trump's meme

[napkinz]

17. yep ...

Fox's Hannity Provokes Cliven Bundy Toward Bloody Battle

And then FOX went silent when Tea Party Terrorist/Bundy Militia member Jerad Miller killed police officers ...

[malaise]

18. Excellent sis

They can hate and kill with impunity

[napkinz]

19. How Fox News Covers Right-Wing Cop Killers

When Political Violence Doesn't Warrant Collective Blame

June 10, 2014
ERIC BOEHLERT

-snip-

The chilling details of Sunday's Las Vegas ambush produced public shock and intense media coverage. One major news outlet seemed to lag behind, though: Fox News.

Primetime hosts Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity both ignored the shocking cop-killer story last night, while Megyn Kelly devoted four sentences to it. (By contrast, the story covered extensively during CNN and MSNBC's primetime.) Fox talkers on Monday were still far more interested in debating the prisoner swap of Bowe Bergdahl than they were examining the political ambush in Las Vegas.

For Fox News, the Las Vegas killing spree represents a toxic mix of guns, far-right insurrectionism, tea party implications, and the Cliven Bundy ranch standoff. For Fox News, the story about right-wing gun violence and the seeds of a bloody political revolution present all kinds of problems for the channel and its outspoken hosts, some of whom have previously championed limitless gun rights, insurrectionism, the Tea Party, and racist rancher Bundy.

In the 36 hours after the shooting, Fox News tread lightly around the Las Vegas story, producing regular news updates about the crime spree. But Fox provided almost no commentary, no context, and certainly no collective blame for the executions.

And that's how Fox News deals with right-wing domestic terrorism in America, when it even bothers to acknowledge the killings and the crimes. (The channel barely covered Georgia's courthouse siege last week.) At Fox, the deadly and disturbing events are treated as isolated incidents that are mostly void of politics. And more importantly, on Fox the perpetrators are always portrayed as lone gunmen (and women) who do not represent any cultural or political movement.

read more: http://mediamatters.org/blog/2014/06/10/how-fox-news-covers-right-wing-cop-killers/199651