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MARK HALPERIN: Liberal media didn't report on Minneapolis — it engineered the verdict

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10.01.2026

Fox News contributor Joe Concha sounds off on the 'disgraceful' media coverage of the ICE-involved shooting in Minneapolis as agents face threats and violence.


In the wake of the tragic Minnesota shooting, we are suffering through yet another high-profile moment of flagrant liberal media bias — a slant so pervasive that the offenders appear both oblivious to the bias and indignant when anyone points it out. And this time, the missteps come when America is already fractured, anxious and primed to see every story through a partisan prism. One would think, given the national mood, that major news organizations might show some restraint before tossing gasoline on a cultural fire. Instead, too many are refilling their canisters.

The tragedy in Minneapolis — an ICE officer’s fatal shooting of a woman during a chaotic, escalating confrontation — has already polarized red and blue America faster than social media can refresh. 

Facts are still emerging. Multiple videos from various angles are still being analyzed. Investigators are still conducting interviews. Yet, the progressive press has made clear it cannot be bothered to wait. It is marching ahead with a predetermined narrative crafted more for political warfare than public understanding.

Many major newsrooms, which claim to be publishing careful, definitive deconstructions of the publicly available video, are excluding, not even acknowledging, videos that cut in favor of the shooter. Outlets that insist they are providing "context," "fact-checking" and "accountability journalism" have deliberately airbrushed away anything that complicates their preferred storyline. The public is being handed a curated reel — not to inform but to persuade.

And the backlash has already begun.

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