For the second time this week, the left turned violent Thursday when a mob of over 1,000 gun management activists stormed the Tennessee State Capitol in what some described as a violent riot. Very like their cable information colleagues from earlier within the day, the three night information broadcasts both ignored or downplayed the violent riots on the Tennessee State Capitol. Whereas the information of the indictment of former President Donald Trump soaked up a lot of the oxygen within the information cycle late Thursday, the three networks had loads of time to cowl the Tennessee mobs.  

ABC’s World Information Tonight and NBC Nightly Information fully ignored the riots on the Tennessee Capitol in favor of tales on a snowboarder in Washington state being rescued after getting buried within the snow (ABC), and a sitdown interview with a disgruntled former Fox Information producer to smear her former employer (NBC). 

Whereas CBS Night Information did cowl the story, it was solely briefly and when the footage of the leftist rioters clashing with capitol police was aired, CBS downplayed the violence. 

“Outdoors Tennessee state capitol constructing, the second stage of grief. Anger. 1000’s of protesters demanding new legal guidelines to restrict the state’s easy accessibility to weapons,” correspondent Mark Strassmann stated whereas attempting to excuse the riots. 

Strassmann then confirmed feedback by two leftist protesters who have been in attendance: 

COLLEEN WEISS (PROTESTER): It’s the worst feeling to know that I ship my kids someplace daily, the place they’re a goal. 

STRASSMANN: Outrage bubbled over after the deadliest college capturing in state historical past. Three kids and three workers members useless. 

CARNETTA DANSBY (PROTESTER): Now we have to place one thing in motion. Extra legal guidelines in place. 

Illustrating the outrageous double commonplace in the best way they cowl violence on both sides of the political divide, Strassmann ended his report by looking for to downplay the violence from Thursday: “Contained in the packed rotunda, outnumbered troopers labored to regulate the group of academics, college students, and gun-control advocates. They demanded state lawmakers hear them out.”

This outrageous bias by omission from ABC & NBC was made attainable by Chase on ABC and Liberty Mutual on NBC. CBS downplaying the leftist riots was made attainable by Crest. Their info is linked.

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CBS Night Information
3/30/2023
6:38:36 p.m. Japanese 

MARK STRAUSSMAN: Outdoors Tennessee state capitol constructing, the second stage of grief. Anger. 1000’s of protesters demanding new legal guidelines to restrict the state’s easy accessibility to weapons. 

COLLEEN WEISS (PROTESTER): It’s the worst feeling to know that I ship my kids someplace daily, the place they’re a goal. 

STRASSMANN: Outrage bubbled over after the deadliest college capturing in state historical past. Three kids and three workers members useless. 

CARNETTA DANSBY (PROTESTER): Now we have to place one thing in motion. Extra legal guidelines in place. 

STRASSMANN: Contained in the packed rotunda, outnumbered troopers labored to regulate the group of academics, college students, and gun-control advocates. They demanded state lawmakers hear them out. 

REVEREND BRANDON BAXTER (PROTESTER): You hear the voice of God’s kids saying “Assist us, save us, our lives matter.” 

STRASSMANN: In Washington, D.C., Wednesday, a Democratic Congressman confronted a Republican member about GOP opposition to extra gun restrictions. 

REP THOMAS MASSIE (R-KY): You realize, there’s by no means been a college capturing in a college that permits academics to hold. 

REP. JAMAAL BOWMAN (D-NV): Carry weapons? You suppose—extra weapons result in extra dying!  

STRASSMANN: The grieving behind me strikes into a brand new section tomorrow with the primary funeral for one of many three college kids killed within the assault, and keep in mind, all these kids have been simply 9 years previous. Norah?