Unbelievable -- a Fox News segment fear-mongering about the 'left-wing mob' and 'incivility' toward Mitch McConnell at a restaurant was interrupted by breaking news coverage of a string of bombs sent to prominent Democrats pic.twitter.com/UKZogGKHHA
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 24, 2018
On Wednesday morning, Fox News was forced to interrupt a segment breathlessly fear-mongering about “left-wing mobs” and protesters confronting Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) at a restaurant to cover news that bombs had been sent to the Clintons and Obamas.
Just before Fox News shifted gears, James Freeman of the Wall Street Journal alluded to Trump’s demonizing of the Clintons and said, without disapproval, that “President Trump is the president because of a lot of anger at the other actors in politics.”
As soon as Blakeman said that, host Bill Hemmer jumped in to cover the White House’s condemnation of the bombs sent to the Clintons and Obamas — a condemnation that rings hollow in light of Trump’s regular and ongoing demonizing of Hillary Clinton.
At the same time that Fox News fear-mongered about the left on Wednesday morning, CNN abruptly had to end broadcasting from its studio in New York after a “suspicious package” was reported in its building.
Fox News has been hyping alleged left-wing “incivility” while essentially serving as a propaganda service for Trump and the Republican Party ahead of the midterm elections. Meanwhile, within the last week, Trump has both encouraged Republican violence against journalists and downplayed the murder of a journalist by a close U.S. ally.
The Clintons and Obamas received bombs in the mail just two days after the same thing happened to liberal philanthropist George Soros. All of them have been targeted for abuse by Trump, though the White House’s condemnation on Wednesday did not mention Soros by name.