Quote (Surfpunk @ Jan 11 2022 09:20am)
The tendency of the media to use passive language like this is fucking stupid. That goes both ways too, as the LA Times recently was using passive language around the police killing of that 14-year old girl in the dressing room of a store during a shootout.
KR was found to be not guilty of murder, but he still killed two people. That is incontrovertible.
That being said, I'm glad they didn't let the straw purchase slide.
It struck me as three blatantly misleading phrasings in a single sentence.
They said the prosecutors successfully got a plea deal, when in reality they took a huge defeat and dropped all criminal charges, not even a petty misdemeanor. Just a citation with a fine and nothing on his record, and the only reason he took this 'deal' is because its cheaper than fighting it. They had no case in court and they knew it, so they offered to drop everything and save what little face they could and NPR backed them up by claiming it was a victory for the prosecutors. They wanted to send this guy to prison for 15 fucking years, and here they are giving him a $2000 fine
They said the
gun went on to kill people, cue every NRA members script. That whole 'gun magically killing people on its own' trope that only appears on liberal media outlets
They said it killed people at a racial justice protest, the only description they gave of what actually happened, which is how people are misled into believing Rittenhouse killed black people. Even though the guys killed were white rioters with no black people around and anthony huber who actually started the encounter was never involved in protesting, instead just screaming the n-word with a hard R, destroying property and attacking people. He had dick all to do with 'racial justice'. A white kid being chased down and attacked by a white pedophile, and NPR used their black correspondent to mislead people into thinking it was a 'racial' shooting.
All in one fucking sentence in a couple seconds of broadcast