BROADCAST BIAS: Networks side with church invaders, call attack mostly ‘peaceful’
On Thursday, Don Lemon dared the Department of Justice to turn him 'into the new Jimmy Kimmel' as potential charges stemming from his alleged involvement in Sunday's Minnesota church protest loom.
When the radical left feels the urgent need to protest, and to make it saucy enough to go viral, it doesn’t want to observe any rules, or even laws. On Sunday, Jan. 18, a "racial justice" contingent invaded the evangelical Cities Church in Minnesota. Organizer Nekima Levy Armstrong brought at least 20 other people who interrupted the sermon, yelling things like "Justice for Renee Good" and "Hands up, don’t shoot." The church emptied, and the activists closed down their operation about 45 minutes later, once police arrived.
The broadcast networks didn’t want to acknowledge this story, perceiving that it might be a little too extreme for the average American. This was a violation of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act — and everyone can guess how energetically ABC, CBS and NBC would respond with outrage to protesters marching into an abortion clinic and interrupting anyone’s "right to choose." We could guess the same for Trump supporters walking into a mosque during their weekly worship.
But through mid-week, through early Wednesday morning, these networks could only muster two minutes and 43 seconds among them on their morning and evening newscasts. Most of that was NBC, because reporter Maggie Vespa offered Armstrong a platform to proclaim, "They need to be investigating Jonathan Ross for the killing........
