On Wednesday, security for NBC’s Today expelled a conservative protester on the plaza outside the morning show’s New York City studio for holding up a “Don’t Believe the Liberal Media” sign. However, back in 2011, a left-wing protester had no trouble getting camera time while holding up a sign accusing former Vice President Dick Cheney of “torture” and calling for him to be investigated.
Cheney appeared on the morning show to promote his new memoir and proceeded to be interrogated by co-host Matt Lauer about being “controversial” and “divisive.” As the interview concluded and the show headed to a commercial break, the camera panned the crowd outside and focused on an Amnesty International sign that read: “Torture is a Crime: Investigate Cheney.”
Interesting that security could be so lax when it came to liberal activists bashing a conservative guest, yet so tight the moment a conservative dared to criticize the media.
The protesters were part of the Media Research Center’s Tell the Truth 2016 campaign to “stop the liberal media from rigging the 2016 elections.”
