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Wednesday night saw a major escalation in the conflict at the federal courthouse in Portland, Oregon as Antifa terrorists and rioters barricaded federal agents inside the building and tried to set the building ablaze. It was a provocation that could have killed the untold number of agents in the building, luckily Antifa failed. But during the Thursday evening newscasts of ABC, CBS, and NBC, the Portland coverage largely evaporated, with only NBC Nightly News daring to downplay the attempted murder.
While CBS Evening News completely blacked out the violence of the extremist mob, ABC anchor David Muir gave it a speedy 28-second news brief during World News Tonight. Of course, he focused on radical mayor, Ted Wheeler (D) joining the rioters on the frontlines, and hyping how a plume of tear gas wafted in his direction.
“Mayor Ted Wheeler outside the federal courthouse with hundreds of protesters, suddenly engulfed by thick tear gas,” Muir claimed. He then boosted Wheeler’s ridiculous assertion that what they were witnessing was “flat-out urban warfare,” and added: “he saw nothing to provoke that kind of response.”
But Muir immediately proved he and the Mayor were lying, inadvertently admitting: “Protesters setting off fireworks and ripping down protective fencing.” Though, he failed to note the attempted murder and the fact Wheeler was also assailed by the rioters.
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