What if they held a violent riot, and no one showed up?
A few weeks ago, I covered how the press was assuring us that we were on the cusp of another serving of Trump-inspired mayhem. One of these days, the press’ guarantees of MAGA violence will come true.
But, as predicted, their guarantees have fizzled out like a bottle rocket in a shower stall.
Today is the highly touted Justice For January 6 Rally, the gathering meant to show support for those people being held after arrests were made in the wake of the Capitol riot. Highly touted — but sparsely attended. Today’s protest is proving to be a rather lightly regarded affair, and yet another example of a media-fueled hysteria leading to very little in the form of promised pandemonium. As I said in August, this would be of little consequence.
I might beg for a small dose of clarity here as I take exception with CNN on one detail; it may not be so much a case of renewed fear, as it is continued fear. This is because ever since the Capitol riot, the press has been in a perpetual cycle of delivering these heart-arresting warnings that another uprising from election-denying Trump sycophants was on the verge of boiling over into a bloodbath.
One other detail — the press has also been in a perpetual cycle of being completely wrong about these outbursts.
Last month, CNN declared the city was consumed with panic over this gathering, blaring in their headline, Fears of political violence grip Capitol Hill.
Politico was no less hysterical, saying the town braced for the rally. Also, D.C. has been on alert, NPR stated it serves as a large-scale security test, as it presented a challenge to our Democracy.
Imagine if the people felt the same way — because this was, in fact, all in the imagination of the media.
Weeks of advanced intonations of a violent mob scene were followed this week by the reinstallation of protective barriers and fencing around Beltway buildings. It is now looking to be a case of assured sociopathic behavior, but somebody failed to notify the members of society.
That’s why today, instead of capturing violent imagery and recording monologues of outrage, the media are taking pictures of a lot of empty, green grass, and left to interview not unhinged MAGA-truthers, but each other.
https://redstate.com/bradslager/2021/09/18/the-medias-promised-violent-uprising-in-dc-today-dispelled-by-press-outnumbering-rioters-n444870