Right-wing media blame everyone from Shakespeare to Snoop Dogg for shooting of Rep. Steve Scalise

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https://www.mediamatters.org/research/2017/06/15/right-wing-media-blame-everyone-shakespeare-snoop-dogg-shooting-rep-steve-scalise/216926

 

1. Snoop Dogg: WorldNetDaily cited Snoop Dogg as an example of a left-wing figure whose opposition to Trump “adds up to a culture teetering on the brink of disaster.” Fox's Eric Bollingalso referred to Snoop Dogg when he claimed, “Crazy people act on the crazy things they hear from politicians and celebrities.”

2. President Obama: Right-wing radio host Michael Savage alleged that former President Barack Obama had “been screaming for” people to “kill” or “shoot” others.

3. Madonna: Fox’s Steve Doocy and Sean Hannity and far-right outlets WorldNetDaily andBreitbart blamed Madonna for the shooting.

4. New York theater production of Julius Caesar: Fake news purveyor Freedom Daily cited a New York theater production of Julius Caesar as a cause of the attack, saying the show's Caesar -- who is assassinated -- represented Trump.

5. Former Attorney General Loretta Lynch: Bolling, far-right conspiracy theory outletInfowars, and fake news purveyor TruthFeed blamed former Attorney General Loretta Lynch for the shooting, citing her remarks about how those who have fought for social justice bled and even died for their causes.

6. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA): Infowars and TruthFeed took Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA)’s commentsabout “fight[ing] in the streets” out of context to blame him for inciting violence.

7. Kathy Griffin: Bolling, Hannity, Breitbart, and TruthFeed cited comedian Kathy Griffin's commentary on Trump as one of the causes of the attack.

8. Democrats: TruthFeed, Freedom Daily, and conservative radio host Rush Limbaughclaimed that “Democrat leadership” is “100% complicit in this tragedy.”

9. The deep state: Infowars’ Alex Jones blamed the “deep state” for the shooting.

10. Southern Poverty Law Center: Breitbart wrote that the shooter “liked” Southern Poverty Law Center's Facebook page, and that the SPLC hasn’t retracted “repeated attacks on Rep. Scalise.”

11. CNN and MSNBC: Savage also said the heads of CNN and MSNBC were “propagating hatred on a daily basis,” which led to the shooting.

12. The investigation into Trump’s ties to Russia: Chatter Media’s John Cardillo tweeted that “those pushing false Russia narratives have blood on their hands.”

13. Mainstream media: “Alt-right” trolls Jack Posobiec and Nick Short, Fox’s Lou Dobbs, Infowars’ Paul Joseph Watson, as well as hacker Kim Dotcom blamed mainstream media for the shooting.

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Former Attorney General Loretta Lynch: Bolling, far-right conspiracy theory outletInfowars, and fake news purveyor TruthFeed blamed former Attorney General Loretta Lynch for the shooting, citing her remarks about how those who have fought for social justice bled and even died for their causes.

Of course, Media Matters doesn't tell the whole story.  Lynch released a video AFTER Trump was elected talking about people "marching and dying" in the past and how it needs to happen again.  She was clearly making a plea for violence.  This is not disputable.

With the rest of the examples listed, Media Matters fails to explain what exactly those people actually did.  They omit that Snoop Dog made a video of Trump's assassination.  They fail to admit that Madonna said "I want to blow up the White House."  They call Kathy Griffin's mock beheading of Trump a "commentary."

It's sad and pathetic that you mindless progressives use Media Matters as a source of information and, even worse, you useful idiots actually believe it.