Horace Cooper: Mainstream media's dishonesty about riots is harming Americans, especially minorities

Published August 27, 2020

Media refuse to characterize fiery riots as violent

CNN's now-notorious characterization of violent protests in Kenosha, Wis. earlier this week as as “fiery but peaceful” is harmful to the American people, author Horace Cooper told “Tucker Carlson Tonight" Thursday.

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“It is remarkable how this behavior, which is so harmful to the American people and particularly to the minority community, is being promoted as a positive by our media,” he said.

“When it's 'fiery but peaceful,' it's reminiscent to me of someone saying, ‘Hey, drink this glass of water. I've just put a couple of taps of urine in it, but it's mostly water,’” he commented. “A little bit of something bad ruins things.”

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Cooper, the author of "How Trump is Making Black America Great Again," said this misleading messaging is only helping the “problem-solving class,” not those who’ve lost businesses, livelihoods and their lives.

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“More Americans have died, some three to four times as many Americans have died as a result of this period of 'defund the police' and 'peaceful protests' than were the number of people that we say we’re concerned about,” Cooper added.

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