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"So how did the #press cover Trump’s speech on the subject of violent neck slitting in our kitchens?

Bloomberg’s headline stated that #Trump “sharpened his criticism on border security” and spoke of Harris’s “political vulnerability” on the question. Axios’s headline read, “Trump pounds #immigration message after Harris’s #border visit.”

The #media collectively simply does not know how to report on Trump out of #fear they will appear “partisan” or anti-Trump."
- @jaykuo

#Journalism #News


"It wasn’t enough for #Trump to earlier claim #immigrants are “poisoning the blood” of our country... Trump dialed up the #fear by painting migrants as violent criminals who will murder you in your home...

"language like this often precedes the mass killing. Otherize, dehumanize, and fearmonger about the target group. This is well documented in #Rwanda in [the] 90s and in the 1930s #Nazi regime.

This is #historical fact, not hyperbole.""
- @jaykuo
https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/legacy-media-is-failing-us-hard

#Press #Media #News


#Trump, #Outrage & the Modern Era of #PoliticalViolence
The latest apparent assassination attempt against Trump indicates how much the American political landscape has been shaped by #anger stirred by him & against him.
Within days of Trump #vilifying #immigrants on national TV w/ #lies about #Haitian #immigrants eating pets in #Ohio, people began threatening to blow up #schools, #CityHall & other public bldgs, forcing #evacuations & prompting a wave of #fear.
-PeterBaker
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/16/us/politics/trump-violence-assassination-attempt.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb&ngrp=mnp&pvid=CF8B20A1-9295-4D22-895D-B8B8DF64FCD6


Since the 1st wave of Chinese #immigrants arrived in the 1800s, they—along w/others from European, Asian or Latin American nations—have been the subject of cartoons, newspaper articles, caricatures & books that were used by some in #politics & #media to spread anti-immigrant rhetoric & instill #fear in other residents, experts said.

“My first thought was: Here we go again. This is a trope we’ve seen time & time again that is used to ‘other’ people of color [&] new immigrants.” said Anita Mannur

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