"Free and unfettered" press fettered by left-ism

Rich Terrell

What the right should learn from Covington Catholic flap  . . . "Washington Post, CNN, and the rest were prepared to ruin the lives of some adolescents, who had come to Washington to march for life, to score a cheap political point.
"The National Review’s coverage of the Covington flap mirrors its treatment of the Trump presidency. Its editors, like those at the erstwhile Weekly Standard, have been playing by the left’s rules since the National Review denounced the John Birch Society nearly 60 years ago. Said one editor at the time in the way of explanation, “We can’t afford to jeopardize the grudging status we’ve earned in the Liberal community.”
"Still worried about their “grudging status” among liberals, many of those prominent on the right insist that Trump and others honor all the left’s silly totems, even if they are as contrived as the old man’s beating the drum. If a conservative fails to do so, his more respectable betters will join the left’s shaming posse even if the ones being shamed are 16-year-old pro-lifers."

Why hasn’t Twitter banned the accounts of users who called for death of Covington students?

The social media platform certainly had no qualms about banning a Christian pastor who had written a book promoting traditional marriage, claiming it to be “hate speech.” In October of last year, Twitter banned ten conservative accounts, giving no reason at all.

Busted: The shameful tactics used against the Covington Kids have a long history

Covington Catholic High School closes Tuesday ‘to ensure safety’  . . . "The American Indian Movement Chapter of Indiana and Kentucky is holding a 10 a.m. protest outside the Diocese of Covington.

"The protest, which so far has drawn more media than protesters, was moved from the school Monday as a precaution." . . .

 

"Trump hate driving mainstream media ‘journo-terrorism’ against Catholic kids at March for Life"  "Over the weekend the “mainstream media” (MSM) which, in the age of POTUS Trump, has so obviously become little more than a propaganda organ for the Democratic Left, slipped back into its “journo-terrorism” role by promoting harm to a group of Catholic youngsters whose only ‘crime’ was supporting the president." . . .

"It should be noted at this point that Phillips — ever the ‘activist’ — has a history of pulling stunts just like this. As reported by The Gateway Pundit, Phillips, in 2015, targeted a group of mostly white frat boys, then ran to reporters to claim that he was the one who was harassed by them, a “racist” incident that, of course, was lapped up by the Democratic lapdog media. " . . .

. . . CNN piled on with, “Teens in Make America Great Again hats mocked a Native American elder at the Lincoln Memorial.” None of these reports could be further from the truth, as you’ve seen. In fact, the exact opposite happened.

Terrence Williams wonders at the difference in press treatment here.
At least the Covington kids didn't go with the "Hey-hey! Ho-ho! Blah blah blah blah, blah blah blo".