Thousands of radical leftists marched in the streets of Chicago during the Democratic National Convention, mostly in protest of Israel's war against Hamas. The media initially covered it, but quickly lost interest when there wasn't a riot. They preferred Kamala's "joy" over exacerbating the division in their base between the Jewish voters and the Muslim voters.
MRCTV Director Eric Scheiner recounts the sorry sound of the streets. The networks never found the slightest fraction of irony in building a wall for the convention. No embarrassment there. Triple-reinforced, and yet somebody broke through. Scheiner says only a few protesters were radical enough to charge into the hole in the fencing, and they were promptly arrested by the cops. The masses apparently didn't want to spend some time at the police stations.
The largest protest crowd came on Thursday night, but by then, the networks were completely focused on Kamala's acceptance speech and putting the best possible spin on the convention's end and how the nominee was "speaking before a packed arena hanging on her every word" (PBS). We heard a lot about flying the American flag and chants of USA. This was described as brilliant. But outside the arena, the protesters carried many Palestine flags, some draped around their shoulders. The clash tells a story.
Common signs on the scene included "Genocide Joe’s legacy: butcher of Gaza," and "Democrats fund the genocide of Palestinians." There was also "Abandon Kamala" and one article reported the chant, “Over 40,000 dead, DNC your hands are red!” It's not hard to imagine the media avoiding any audio or video of that messaging.
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