Media malpractice in reporting on the rioting mobs

Clarice Feldman:
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It’s hard to pick the dumbest example of the media racist hornswoggle, but I hand it this week to ABC. That network reported “America’s national parks face existential crisis over race.” The charge was based on a survey, which showed 77% of park visitors are white. With one of his usual, brief but effective backhands, Don Surber responds, “76.3% of the nation is white.”
Why such a stupid claim? Because the President announced he was going to celebrate the Fourth of July at Mt. Rushmore, one of America’s most treasured national parks.  Over at Instapundit, Ed Driscoll reviews how the media treated Democratic Presidents and contenders at this park, a traditional pre-election visit: 
● Shot:
Betty Nguyen, CNN Anchor: Barack Obama is in South Dakota today. He arrived there last night. Take a look at this. He got a good glimpse of the majestic Mount Rushmore. Well, South Dakota and Montana have closed out the primary season on Tuesday.
Rob Marciano, CNN Anchor: Well, while the surrogates battle it out in Washington today, the candidates are back on the trail. Hillary Clinton is in Puerto Rico ahead of tomorrow’s primary there. Barack Obama is campaigning in South Dakota. That state’s primary is Tuesday. Obama arrived there late last night and got a good look around Mt. Rushmore -- it’s quite a sight if you haven’t seen it.
-- CNN Saturday Morning News, May 31st, 2008.
● Double Shot:
Jim Acosta (voice-over): It’s a fitting campaign stop for a presidential contender looking to make history. Standing before Mount Rushmore over the weekend, Barack Obama was asked whether he sees his face joining the likes of Washington and Lincoln.
Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL), Presidential Candidate: I don’t think my ears would fit. There’s just only so much rock up there.
-- CNN American Morning, June 2nd, 2008.
● Triple-shot:
Jake Tapper: In fact, today, Sanders had his eye on the ultimate in presidential achievements, South Dakota landmark, Mt. Rushmore.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Democratic Presidential Candidate: This is our country at its very best. What an incredible achievement.
CNN’s Jeff Zeleny (voice-over): Visiting Mt. Rushmore today, Bernie Sanders taking in the majesty of the moment. This monument to four great American presidents.
Sanders: Just the accomplishment and the beauty, it really does make one very proud to be an American.
-- The Lead with Jake Tapper, May 12, 2016.
--The Daily Wire, yesterday.
-- Newsmax, yesterday.
Most networks covered little if any of the President’s address. It’s a must-see recitation of American values and the mood of most of us who aren’t totally addlepated. I urge you to watch or read it all. Among the high points he names this onslaught  it for what it is -- ”far-left fascism.”
“There is a new far-left fascism that demands absolute allegiance. If you do not speak its language, perform its rituals, recite its mantras, and follow its commandments, then you will be censored, banished, blacklisted, persecuted and punished.”
“Make no mistake, this left-wing Cultural Revolution is designed to overthrow the American Revolution.”
“We want free and open debate, not speech codes and cancel culture, we embrace tolerance, not prejudice.” 
In response to this pushback against the cancel culture idiocy, the New York Times has reprised “dark” as a descriptor of anything most of us would consider an inspirational rejoinder to the left’s war on things we hold dearest: 
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There is much more.

How does the media get so out of touch from reality?  I suspect it is because they mainly talk to each other rather than to people in the real world.  If you only talk to people who hate the President you are likely not going to comprehend the importance of what he was saying.  Never in my life have I seen a media so out of touch.

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