sycasey said:
BearGoggles said:
sycasey said:
Exhibit Q on why Glenn Greenwald is no more trustworthy than the "mainstream media" he loves to rail against:
No, he never provided an answer to the main question ("Which US outlets reported that Rittenhouse's victims were Black?"). Greenwald criticizes the liberal media for pushing falsehoods that further a favored narrative by . . . pushing a falsehood that furthers his favored narrative. He's not any better.
Its fairly obvious. When killings are reported as caused by "white supremacy" or a "white supremacist" the implication is that the people who died were non-white. In the united states a great many people incorrectly believe that and the foreign press is making that same mistake in some cases.
Some people BELIEVE that, but where is the evidence that this was REPORTED by mainstream US outlets?
Remember, Greenwald said he would provide this evidence.
I think that's fair - they didn't explicitly report it. However, if they are calling the incident white supremacism or Rittenhouse a supremacist, what is being implied? Many mainstream media did (and continue to do) that. The narrative carries the implication that the victims where not white.
There are other arguments that can be made about that, but don't you think it is the clear (albeit incorrect) inference? What is the point of calling a shooter a "white supremacist" if the shooting is unrelated to white supremacist beliefs?
And for the record, notwithstanding the rhetoric of some, showing up to protest against and perhaps try to prevent rioting/looting does not make you a white supremacist, nor does saying "blue lives matter". Not saying that was a good choice for a 17 year old (particularly with the weapon) - it wasn't. But that does not make you a white supremacist.