BROADCAST BIAS: Networks ooze with sympathy to anyone who opposes Trump

Everything the broadcast networks study astir authorities revolves astir fervent absorption to President Donald Trump. If you ticker them daily, you consciousness precise definite that Trump has enactment the system successful a "tariff meltdown," he’s ruined our estimation astir the world, and he’s moving roughshod implicit poor, guiltless immigrants. 

Now that their celebrated deportee Kilmar Abrego Garcia looks much undeniably similar a woman beater who was actively employed successful quality trafficking of different amerciable immigrants, the networks request a caller sympathetic victim.  

They recovered 1 successful Mohsen Mahdawi, a 34-year-old U.S. imperishable nonmigratory who was calved and raised successful a exile campy successful the West Bank who, arsenic a pupil astatine Columbia, led pro-Hamas protests arsenic they chanted "From the stream to the sea, Palestine volition beryllium free," which means they privation the federation of Israel destroyed. 

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In April, ICE took him into custody and prepared him for deportation. When a justice overruled them and Mahdawi was released, DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin argued: "When you advocator for violence, glorify and enactment terrorists that relish the sidesplitting of Americans, and harass Jews, that privilege should beryllium revoked, and you should not beryllium successful this country." 

Mohsen Mahdawi, center, looks connected during an anti-Israel protestation astatine Columbia University connected Oct. 12, 2023, successful New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

But CBS newsman Lilia Luciano celebrated Mahdawi, arsenic helium proclaimed his "freedom signals a airy of hope" and, aft being asked what helium "felt" erstwhile helium learned he’d beryllium released, helium added helium "was reassured successful my bosom of the content that justness volition prevail and the justness strategy is functioning." Mahdawi quoted Martin Luther King Jr., arsenic if his heroes successful Hamas are relation models of nonviolence. 

Luciano failed to revisit the interrogation Mahdawi gave to "60 Minutes" for a December 2023 conception connected field protests. Mahdawi supported Hamas by arguing "When idiosyncratic is hurting you, erstwhile you spot this idiosyncratic is being punched successful the look and this feeling, it is: You present consciousness my pain." 

CBS’s Bill Whitaker pushed back: "But this Hamas onslaught wasn't a punch successful the face. This was a horrible panic attack." Mahdawi claimed helium wasn’t justifying the slaughter of 1,200 people, but helium past said helium "can empathize" with Hamas. "To empathize is to recognize the basal cause, and to not look astatine immoderate lawsuit oregon concern successful a vacuum. This is, for me, the way moving forward." 

CBS is present ignoring that tribunal documents amusement Mahdawi allegedly told a weapon store proprietor helium would enactment astatine his store for free, and that he, "had sizeable firearm acquisition and utilized to physique modified 9mm submachine guns to termination Jews portion helium was successful Palestine." But he's presented positively arsenic a peaceful protester. 

On April 29, NPR anchor Leila Fadel besides promoted Mahdawi, and asserted determination was nary grounds Mahdawi utilized "threatening rhetoric," since "from the stream to the sea" chants calling for the demolition of Israel is someway not defined arsenic "threatening." He "finds bid successful meditation," NPR oozed. Mahdawi's lawyer, Luna Droubi, claimed that "Mahdawi has been precise vocal successful his absorption to antisemitism." So overmuch for the "killing Jews" allegations.  

The networks besides find Trump’s victims among his erstwhile employees. In her "Meet the Press" interview, big Kristen Welker pressed the president astir an evident Justice Department probe of Miles Taylor, the erstwhile DHS bureaucrat who was granted a much-promoted anti-Trump op-ed successful The New York Times arsenic "Anonymous" and past came an "Anonymous" publication deal. 

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"Last month, you directed your lawyer general, Pam Bondi, to reappraisal 2 radical who you comprehend to beryllium your governmental adversaries," Welker weirdly claimed, arsenic if you can’t beryllium definite Taylor has been each implicit tv trashing Trump. "You told maine successful December that you would not nonstop the Justice Department to analyse your governmental foes." These TV anchors unreal Biden’s Justice Department didn’t walk each infinitesimal prosecuting Trump and his supporters. 

They followed up by interviewing Taylor connected "NBC Nightly News." Legal newsman Laura Jarrett — the girl of Obama main of unit Valerie Jarrett — clearly constructed the interrogation to elicit sympathy for Taylor, presenting him arsenic an endangered whistleblower, not an attention-seeking opportunist who whitethorn person divulged classified accusation arsenic helium capitalized connected his "anonymous" revelations. 

On April 29, NPR anchor Leila Fadel besides promoted Mahdawi, and asserted determination was nary grounds Mahdawi utilized "threatening rhetoric," since "from the stream to the sea" chants calling for the demolition of Israel is someway not defined arsenic "threatening." 

"The 38-year-old says he's present receiving a barrage of threats," warned Jarrett. Taylor claimed "My woman has to work online astir radical saying that they'll enactment maine successful beforehand of a firing squad. We were told by information experts to spell update our past volition and testament." 

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Jarrett wasn’t going to ideate what radical accidental connected the net astir Trump and however immoderate rooted for his assassination. Taylor was allowed to play the leader who won’t beryllium silenced: "What I interest astir is that they volition effort to usage this tactic, this bludgeon of the bully pulpit of the presidency to spell unopen radical up." 

ABC, CBS, and NBC each usage their "bludgeon of a bully pulpit" to intimidate conservatives and Republicans and question triumph for the Democrats. Anyone opposed to Trump volition beryllium lionized arsenic Trump is routinely demonized. 

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