Why I don’t trust CNN, MSNBC to report all the facts | Opinion

A March 19 letter writer bemoaned Fox News’ Tucker Carlson’s access to the footage of the events at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The writer suggested that only the violence be shown and footage showing otherwise should be hidden away. The writer seems to propose that Carlson’s honest, full-reporting of the facts is not appropriate and that cherry-picking disclosures is better.

This reflects the reporting common today in most news organizations, but particularly at CNN and MSNBC. They seldom lie, but they very selectively choose the footage or facts to report and ignore contrasting footage or facts that present a story that does not reflect their narrative. We saw this in stories on the origin of COVID-19, the six-year railing against Donald Trump and the deafening silence on reporting the Biden family connections to Chinese money.

- J. Mark Bronson, Fort Worth

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