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Originally posted by Not Bob
Ummm. Would you concede that maybe not all of those arrested were violent? That maybe some of them were arrested for peaceful demonstrations outside of the free-speech zones, rather than for being, well, violent?
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I don't know. I (finally) hooked up to coverage last night on a streaming site, and saw some shots - quite a lot of shots, actually - of some very violent action on the protesters' behalf. I saw people running past other poeple waiting in a line and smacking them and yelling things at them. I saw tons of people fighting cops. I saw a parade float burning. Overall, my impression was that there was a very significant amount of violent demonstration going on. But, even watching a work TV today, with just network channels, this is being downplayed.
Bias? I don't know for sure. What I do know is, some sites are showing video, and those videos show a great deal of violence. Other sites and stations are talking about how peaceful everything is, and interviewing Grandmas for Kerry. This dichotomy nicely matches how I would classify them based on a lib-conserv continuum. If the cons were simply saying "wow, look at the violence", I might be suspicious. But, unless they're faking the vids, well, they're showing me things that the lib-associated media aren't bothering to show me.
I'm back to the Andy Rooney thing - why is it that, when a supermarket scanner screws up, it's always for a higher price?
