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1. vkou+(OP)[view] [source] 2020-06-02 20:57:12
The journalists are clipping context out of video that they are broadcasting.

The pink umbrella bit was clipped out of the riot started by police in Seattle on Monday - instead the news agencies started showing footage after pepper spray was deployed.

In Canada, the CBC cut a video right before a police van physically drove its way through a crowd. [1] Anyone else doing that would be described as vehicular assault, possibly attempted manslaughter.

The press isn't holding the police accountable for any of this. It's pushing a narrative that "The appropriate amount of force was used against rioters", without showing the inappropriate use of force that started the riot.

[1] https://twitter.com/_llebrun/status/1267209166545981445?s=20...

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