How The L.A. Riots Demonstrate Democrat-Media Complex’s Loss Of Narrative Control

THE FEDERALIST/ Mark Hemmingway-

As much as it’s horrifying to watch a city burn and the lives of cops and federal agents threatened by violent protesters, there is a silver lining to the last several days of rioting in Los Angeles. The desperate attempts to spin what’s happening do a fairly good job of illustrating what’s wrong with the political discourse in this country — and further demonstrate that the dishonest sophistry used to excuse violent riots in 2020 is no longer remotely persuasive.

Still it’s worth classifying and breaking down the specific arguments and talking points that have been employed by the Democrat Party-media-industrial complex since the riots began. When those arguments are examined in isolation, it becomes even clearer why attempts to justify the violence in L.A. are falling on deaf ears.

Misleading Attempts to ‘Contextualize’

Since the riots began, there have been the usual attempts to selectively present the violence and protests in such a way as to downplay what’s happening. For some reason, media figures have been obsessed with pointing out that the rioting is only occurring in a small portion of L.A. Here’s a local news reporter in L.A.:

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