Net Enable BLM Violence By Censoring Almost Nightly Clashes in Portland

Nicholas Fondacaro | July 16, 2020
Font Size

***To read the full blog, please check out the complete post on NewsBusters***

For almost 50 days, Black Lives Matter Marxists have been engaging in almost nightly battles with federal agents outside the federal courthouse in Portland, Oregon, effectively turning the streets into a war zone. Covering up the actions of the militant wing of their party, the broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) hid their violence from viewers.

But in back-to-back nights, Fox News Channel’s Special Report had pulled back the curtain as the radical mayor, who has encouraged the violent gatherings, was now demanding federal agents leave and blaming them for the violence.

“A top Trump administration official is condemning how the City of Portland is dealing with protests that have turned into nightly clashes with law enforcement, sometimes violent,” announced anchor Bret Baier at the top of the segment. “And the mayor is blaming federal forces for inciting the violence.”

After paying a soundbite of Mayor Ted Wheeler bad mouthing the federal agents, national correspondent Will La Jeunesse noted that the “comments come after federal agents used tear gas Wednesday to break up a mob of protesters at the federal courthouse.”

(...)