POLL: What was the worst media take of the week? (Vote below)
NOMINEES:
1. Marcia Biggs: L.A. is “Pretty Quiet, Festival-Like,” Except for Those Flashbangs!
“So the scene here has been pretty quiet, almost festival-like, for the last hour or so. We just heard a flashbang. We just heard another one. This is kind of how it's been going. This is what we saw last night. Of course, we mentioned some looting, but, in general, last night was pretty non-violent standoff.”
— Special correspondent Marcia Biggs on PBS’s News Hour, June 10.
2. KABC Reporter On L.A. Riots: “Just a Bunch of People Having Fun, Watching Cars Burn”
“There’s a large group of people. It could turn very volatile if you move law enforcement in there in the wrong way and turn what is just a bunch of people having fun, watching cars burn into a massive confrontation and altercation between officers and demonstrators.”
— KABC anchor Jory Rand during live coverage of Los Angeles riots, June 8.
3. Lawrence O’Donnell: There is No “Violent Mob” In L.A.
“There is no vicious and violent mob in Los Angeles. The National Guard troops are doing absolutely nothing. The Marines are invisible and obviously doing absolutely nothing. And peaceful protesters have been peacefully submitting to arrests in small numbers to make their point of protest against what Donald Trump is trying to do in their city.”
— Host Lawrence O’Donnell on MSNBC’s The Last Word, June 10.
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