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Atticus

(15,124 posts) Sun Oct 28, 2018, 09:05 AM Oct 2018

Why is Bowers' tie to Trump being soft-pedalled or ignored by the press?

We have repeatedly heard that the gunman's last tweet was "I'm going in!". But, so far, I have heard just one mention---not a quote------of the first part of that tweet in which he blamed "Hebrews" for bringing "Invaders" to our border, a clear reference to Trump's "caravan" of brown people, which some wingers are claiming is financed by Jews.

I believe I've heard the "I'm going in!" language a dozen times; a brief mention of the preceding language once.

I'm just wondering why.

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Why is Bowers' tie to Trump being soft-pedalled or ignored by the press? (Original Post) Atticus Oct 2018 OP

media will frame all this to lessen the impact on trump and gop. They haven't represented the beachbum bob Oct 2018 #1

trump lit the fuse..... spanone Oct 2018 #2

For the same reason they never describe the gunman as "Christian" manor321 Oct 2018 #3

It's just as bad that they're playing along with his hypocritical words malaise Oct 2018 #4

and a ton of free media...nt 2naSalit Oct 2018 #11

I watched NBC News last evening and they were made sure it was mentioned peekaloo Oct 2018 #5

His criticism was that the Trumpenfuhrer wasn't Nazi enough. IggleDuer Oct 2018 #6

+1 dalton99a Oct 2018 #8

For real? I was thinking along those lines as to why peekaloo Oct 2018 #9

He thinks Trump is too soft - that's the only difference dalton99a Oct 2018 #7

the media helped to create this monster and now the Abby Normals are rising up. peekaloo Oct 2018 #10

We need to make sure it's obviously attached to them 2naSalit Oct 2018 #12

beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)

1. media will frame all this to lessen the impact on trump and gop. They haven't represented the

Reply to Atticus (Original post)

Sun Oct 28, 2018, 09:07 AM

Oct 2018

public interest in years...there will be some exceptions of course

spanone

(135,857 posts)

2. trump lit the fuse.....

Reply to Atticus (Original post)

Sun Oct 28, 2018, 09:11 AM

Oct 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday urged a reporter to take his camera into ''the middle'' of a caravan of migrants making their way to the U.S. through Mexico, and said he'd find ''Middle Eastern'' people there.

https://www.reuters.com/video/2018/10/22/trump-middle-eastern-people-in-migrant-c?videoId=475909745

manor321

(3,344 posts)

3. For the same reason they never describe the gunman as "Christian"

Reply to Atticus (Original post)

Sun Oct 28, 2018, 09:11 AM

Oct 2018

Even though the gunman is Christian.

malaise

(269,144 posts)

4. It's just as bad that they're playing along with his hypocritical words

Reply to Atticus (Original post)

Sun Oct 28, 2018, 09:12 AM

Oct 2018

at the rally. He's the one who created this environment with his racist white nationalist bullshit.

2naSalit

(86,743 posts)

11. and a ton of free media...nt

Reply to malaise (Reply #4)

Sun Oct 28, 2018, 11:05 AM

Oct 2018

peekaloo

(22,977 posts)

5. I watched NBC News last evening and they were made sure it was mentioned

Reply to Atticus (Original post)

Sun Oct 28, 2018, 09:59 AM

Oct 2018

the suspect had been "critical" of Thump on social media yet offered no proof.

Now that the shit is rolling downhill they want to sidestep the obvious avalanche of hate tied to him.