![]() The focus on threats to the FBI from left-rated media outlets could be interpreted as sensationalism. Related: Man Attempts to Breach Cincinnati FBI Office, Dies in Police Standoff While the left tended to focus on stories that highlight purported extremism within Trump’s base after the raid by focusing on threats to the FBI, many didn’t cover the congressional call for increased transparency or Donald Trump’s call to release the affidavit that led to the raid. NPR (Lean Left bias) highlighted the role of “the Trump-backed social media site Truth Social” in its report on an extremist attempting to breach an FBI office in Cincinnati after the raid.Ī TIME Magazine (Lean Left) piece quoted political violence scholars and former law enforcement officials who predicted that political violence could erupt if Trump continued to be investigated. Many Center and left-rated media outlets highlighted the threats of violence against the FBI in the wake of the raid while focusing less on Trump’s reaction and others’ criticisms of federal authorities.Ī CNN (Left bias) report said Truth Social’s “looser rules and moderation” can result in “the proliferation of violent rhetoric.” While Trump and his allies worried about an unjustified witch hunt and other conservatives were concerned over the precedent this sets for the U.S., the right omitted stories about the reactions of Trump supporters on social media, as other outlets ran headlines about threats to the FBI – as well as one case of real life violence – on the right in response to the raid. They also pointed out that some on the right viewed the timing of the raid to be suspicious because they executed the warrant right before it could directly conflict with the midterm elections. The National Review speculated that the raid was not about classified documents, but rather a reaction to January 6. Trump insisted that the affidavit that the FBI used to execute the raid should be released to the public, as covered by the New York Post (Lean Right).Īccording to Fox News (Right Bias), in Trump's first interview after the raid, he vowed to “bring down the temperature. Many right-rated sources have focused primarily on Trump’s reaction and less on the criticisms of his handling of the documents. So far, the bipartisan call for increased transparency about the raid from Congress has only been covered by outlets on the right. The Washington Post (Lean Left) wrote about an anonymous source who claims that the FBI was searching for documents related to the U.S. The Wall Street Journal (Center) reported that the FBI collected 11 sets of classified documents in the search, some of which were “Top Secret,” the government's highest classified ranking.
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