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I like this simplified format that Axios has. Reading this article I actually thought "This is good, I should check out more from Axios." I then went to their

I like this simplified format that Axios has. Reading this article I actually thought "This is good, I should check out more from Axios." I then went to their homepage and by scrolling down counted 11 out of their top 20 articles were about the January 6th riots and an additional 2 or 3 were about Trump. Maybe this is a problem the news has? My neighborhood experienced rioters. They burned cars near my house, broke windows, ransacked stores, vandalism, looting, attacked people, my neighbors were on the streets with drawn guns, the national guard was deployed, and on the same day our police chief was literally kneeling in solidarity with the rioters. Yet this incident, and countless like it across the country, receded into the far distance almost immediately as far as the media is concerned. An hours long protest turned riot at the Capitol, where the only people killed were protesters by the police? This dominates media coverage more than a year later? What I'm really getting at is that media coverage seems politically and ideologically driven to me. They want to shape the opinion of their readers to match the political agenda. That seems like a turn off to me.

spread_love 4y ago
The seventh Jan 6 select hearing committee was hours ago, why wouldn't a US-focused news site be running stories about it today? It's the hero story for Newsmax, is that because of their "ideology?" It's all over Fox News too (granted they're also covering 'The View' Hosts React to First Lady Jill Biden's Taco Comments which sounds very important).
- ALittleLight 4y ago
  When I look at Fox's website, whatever commentary one might have about the editorial selection, it is not dominated by January 6th.
  - spread_love 4y ago
    I mentioned that: they're also covering Jill Biden's Taco Comments. Thanks for not even trying to challenge the point about Newsmax!
    - ALittleLight 4y ago
      I wasn't aware your point about Newsmax needed to be challenged. Going to newsmax.com, of their top 20 stories 2 are about January 6th and they both seem to be the same article (that is the headline story and the ~18th are the same story). So - on the one hand, the majority of axios stories are about this and ~5% of newsmax stories are about it. What was I supposed to be challenging again?
      - spread_love 4y ago
        Agreed, Newsmax's cover story is the hearing. Other than that not a blip :) Maybe far-right news sources are covering it because...it's news? Instead of because conspiracy. Fox News notably didn't air the Jan 6 hearings, they cater what they cover to what brings them most views. For Fox News viewers, that isn't the hearings. https://apnews.com/article/jan-6-hearings-fox-news-ratings-c898174e44e9a2e342c87ed084c9f699 https://apnews.com/article/jan-6-hearings-fox-news-ratings-c...
bandyaboot 4y ago
Did you actually see the people kneeling with the police chief actively rioting?
- ALittleLight 4y ago
  Tracking individuals across the day would have been difficult. I was walking around that day, the event lasted all day and into the night, people were wearing masks, and I didn't know any of the participants before hand. So, it's like asking "Are any of the strangers you saw at 10 am the same as the ones you saw at 10 pm?" Hard to answer. That said, within an hour or two of the meeting with the police chief protesters did enter an intersection and block it. A squad of riot police tried to disburse them and failed. So, if you want to count blocking intersections and ignoring police commands as rioting, then yes.
  - bandyaboot 4y ago
    > So, it's like asking "Are any of the strangers you saw at 10 am the same as the ones you saw at 10 pm?" Hard to answer. Exactly why I was questioning the veracity of your accusation.
  - spread_love 4y ago
    So you didn't actually see the people kneeling with the police chief actively rioting?
    - ALittleLight 4y ago
      Again, if you count blocking traffic and refusing police directions as rioting, then yes I did. Even if you don't, then it's not really meaningful to make this point. I mean, sure, maybe it was coincidence and maybe the protesters of the morning just teleported away as the rioting happened, but there's absolutely no reason to think that.
      - spread_love 4y ago
        Oh, I define rioters as people participating in a riot. The Trump voters that were destroying property, beating police officers, etc. So you didn't see "our police chief literally kneeling in solidarity with the rioters" at all then.

spread_love 4y ago

The seventh Jan 6 select hearing committee was hours ago, why wouldn't a US-focused news site be running stories about it today? It's the hero story for Newsmax, is that because of their "ideology?" It's all over Fox News too (granted they're also covering 'The View' Hosts React to First Lady Jill Biden's Taco Comments which sounds very important).

ALittleLight 4y ago
When I look at Fox's website, whatever commentary one might have about the editorial selection, it is not dominated by January 6th.
- spread_love 4y ago
  I mentioned that: they're also covering Jill Biden's Taco Comments. Thanks for not even trying to challenge the point about Newsmax!
  - ALittleLight 4y ago
    I wasn't aware your point about Newsmax needed to be challenged. Going to newsmax.com, of their top 20 stories 2 are about January 6th and they both seem to be the same article (that is the headline story and the ~18th are the same story). So - on the one hand, the majority of axios stories are about this and ~5% of newsmax stories are about it. What was I supposed to be challenging again?
    - spread_love 4y ago
      Agreed, Newsmax's cover story is the hearing. Other than that not a blip :) Maybe far-right news sources are covering it because...it's news? Instead of because conspiracy. Fox News notably didn't air the Jan 6 hearings, they cater what they cover to what brings them most views. For Fox News viewers, that isn't the hearings. https://apnews.com/article/jan-6-hearings-fox-news-ratings-c898174e44e9a2e342c87ed084c9f699 https://apnews.com/article/jan-6-hearings-fox-news-ratings-c...

bandyaboot 4y ago

Did you actually see the people kneeling with the police chief actively rioting?

ALittleLight 4y ago
Tracking individuals across the day would have been difficult. I was walking around that day, the event lasted all day and into the night, people were wearing masks, and I didn't know any of the participants before hand. So, it's like asking "Are any of the strangers you saw at 10 am the same as the ones you saw at 10 pm?" Hard to answer. That said, within an hour or two of the meeting with the police chief protesters did enter an intersection and block it. A squad of riot police tried to disburse them and failed. So, if you want to count blocking intersections and ignoring police commands as rioting, then yes.
- bandyaboot 4y ago
  > So, it's like asking "Are any of the strangers you saw at 10 am the same as the ones you saw at 10 pm?" Hard to answer. Exactly why I was questioning the veracity of your accusation.
- spread_love 4y ago
  So you didn't actually see the people kneeling with the police chief actively rioting?
  - ALittleLight 4y ago
    Again, if you count blocking traffic and refusing police directions as rioting, then yes I did. Even if you don't, then it's not really meaningful to make this point. I mean, sure, maybe it was coincidence and maybe the protesters of the morning just teleported away as the rioting happened, but there's absolutely no reason to think that.
    - spread_love 4y ago
      Oh, I define rioters as people participating in a riot. The Trump voters that were destroying property, beating police officers, etc. So you didn't see "our police chief literally kneeling in solidarity with the rioters" at all then.