A few hours later came the news bulletin of a shooting in which Trump was injured.
CNN was strictly factual — which of course meant repeating vague generalities while waiting for more facts to emerge.
Nor the majority of the media, now dominated by the right wing.
The only mass political violence in America had been January 6, stoked by Trump, other Republicans, and Fox News.
Underlining this instant politicization were a man and a woman at the Trump rally in Butler, PA, flipping their middle fingers at CNN’s camera within seconds of the shooting.
The current frenzy is all based, it should be underlined, on the act of a single individual — a registered Republican.
Somehow, this is now to be used to tar and intimidate all Americans who legitimately and thoughtfully question Trump and his motives. »
