Fox's Brit Hume interviewed scholar Larry Sabato concerning deceptive reporting by the mainstream media about the actual nature of the leftist protesters in New York City.
HUME: When I picked up The New York Times this morning, I read about soccer moms, and other nice people, middle class people, people like you and me who had come to express and protest their president, and express their views in a peaceful way. I read complimentary things said about them by the police authorities in New York and I thought what a nice protest. What did you see?SABATO: I saw a very different protest. I saw lots of obscenities, not just on the banners but also hurled at almost anybody who looked like they might have been a delegate or anybody connected to the Republican convention. And you know, I tell you Brit, I saw much worse on the other major networks. I watched the coverage. They did something called mainstreaming. They were very careful to pick out a couple of Iraq War veterans, a little old lady had who attended her first convention and a married couple. A middle-class married couple who had very moderate things to say. Now that may have been 10 or 20 percent of the protesters, but I can guarantee you, having watched a good part of this demonstration, that was not representative of the demonstrations.
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Posted by Alan at August 31, 2004 08:19 PM