Column: When Reporters Babble 'Without Evidence'
Tim Graham
September 2nd, 2020 6:19 AM
One of the common tropes we see in everyday news coverage is the claim that something President Trump or his supporters say is “without evidence.†This is a stark factual claim. Sometimes, it’s starkly wrong.
The hashtag #DefundNPR started trending on September 1 after NPR tweeted this to 8.3 million followers: “President Trump declined to condemn the actions of the suspected 17-year-old shooter of 3 protesters against police brutality in Kenosha — claiming, without evidence, that it appeared the gunman was acting in self-defense.â€
Video evidence clearly shows a man approaching Kyle Rittenhouse while he was on his back, holding a handgun. Rittenhouse shot him in the arm. You don’t have to justify everything Rittenhouse did to know there’s obvious evidence of acting in self-defense.
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2020/09/02/column-when-reporters-babble-without-evidence
