The Washington Post Claims There’s A ‘Surge’ In Right-Wing Violence. There Isn’t
Covering your partisanship with a veneer of bogus science doesn’t make it any more useful.
By David Harsanyi
November 26, 2018
A new Washington Post “analysis†of domestic terrorism argues that attacks from white supremacists and other “far-right attackers†have been on the rise since Barack Obama’s presidency, and “surged since President [Donald] Trump took office.†It’s a familiar storyline meant to assure liberals that, yes, Trump-motivated right-wing terrorists are running wild. There are, however, a few problems with this proposition.
For one thing, even if we accept the numbers the Post offers, the use of the word “surge†— meaning a sudden, powerful forward or upward movement — strains credibility. There’s no evidence of a “surge†either in historical context or as a matter of ideological preference. But even if we’re okay with replacing “uptick†with the word “surge,†a cynic might note that the Post’s reporters seem to filibuster their own findings to push preconceived partisan notions about the state of the nation.
https://thefederalist.com/2018/11/26/washington-post-claims-theres-surge-right-wing-violence-isnt/
