As far as corporate media are concerned, the massacre in Waukesha, Wis., on Sunday was a Christmas parade crash. Thats how the attack that killed six people and injured more than 60 others is being described by ABC News, CBS News, CNN, Newsweek and others. Not an intentional attack, not a massacre allegedly committed by a violent career criminal already facing multiple felony charges, but merely a crash. The New York Times is calling it a tragedy.
Not to be outdone by major news outlets, The Daily Beast rushed to remind its readers that there are no indications of any additional motive for the Waukesha killings, or any reasons to label it domestic terrorism. That didnt stop these right-wing trolls.
Oh no we wouldnt want to assign ideological motives to a case too soon. But these damn right-wing trolls sure will! No mention from the Beast, of course, of the worst possible example of that in the Kyle Rittenhouse case, which every major news ...............