How Did the Media Screw Up the Rittenhouse Saga? Let Us Count the Ways.

Once more with feeling! Media coverage of the Rittenhouse case was hot garbage – HotAir

This is a good one from Politifact. You want to revise your Truth-O-Meter, Politifact?

Speaking of fact checks, here’s @PolitiFact claiming that Trump lied when he said Rittenhouse was trying to get away from protestors and was attacked - both details have since been confirmed by video.

Will you update your inaccurate post, Politifact? Or the gun charge details? pic.twitter.com/eAER1xtknv

— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) November 19, 2021

@NPR picked up on a similar sentiment, knocking Trump for “claiming, without evidence, that it appeared the gunman was acting in self-defense.”

Now we’ve had a court of law confirm it was using videos and context many of which were available at the time. pic.twitter.com/nFERWhOrvv

— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) November 19, 2021

Perhaps no one in the media has spent more time sharing inaccurate information than @JoyAnnReid. This was no exception.

She lumped Rittenhouse in with “white nationalist mobs” and accused Trump of “ethnic cleansing” (!!) for daring to defend Rittenhouse. pic.twitter.com/gtl1HLnLDZ

— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) November 19, 2021

We need to start with the media coverage that framed this case in the public mind.

To the press, Rittenhouse was as good as guilty when the news broke. So naturally, to @CNN, the people he shot in self defense were heroes & those defending him had “justified murder.” pic.twitter.com/jsMxd4547N

— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) November 19, 2021

And our dear President.

The now-President, @JoeBiden, called Rittenhouse a white supremacist absent evidence.

I want to pause to drive that point home: the most powerful man on the planet used his influence & authority to libel a teenager while said teenager faced spurious, politically driven charges. pic.twitter.com/Qjt7sSGD7S

— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) November 19, 2021

Much more here:

Drew Holden on Twitter: "THREAD It’s time to revisit the coverage of Kyle Rittenhouse. With the news that he has been acquitted on all counts, don’t forget the ways that Dems and the corporate press came together to craft a false narrative in his case. Let’s break down how we got here⤵️" / Twitter