AOC and other progressives have a new goal: Silence the press

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she wants to "rein in" the media amid the aftermath of the Capitol riots.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been a wellspring of truly terrible ideas for years, but her new one might be her worst on yet: A Ministry of Truth.

During a live stream on her Instagram page, Ocasio-Cortez was asked by a viewer if, to help with national healing, there were congressional plans to institute any “truth and reconciliation or media literacy initiatives.”

The socialist congresswoman replied that, yes, indeed, she and some of her colleagues have been exploring media literacy initiatives to help “rein in” the press and combat misinformation after last week’s riot at the U.S. Capitol.

“It’s one thing to have differentiating opinions but it’s another thing entirely to just say things that are false,” Ocasio-Cortez added. “So that’s something that we’re looking into.”

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Posted by Guitarguy567 on 1/14/2021 5:45:00 PM (view original):
https://twitter.com/ByronYork/status/1302219095337766912?s=20

The vast majority of demonstration events associated with the BLM movement are non-violent
(see map below). In more than 93% of all demonstrations connected to the movement,
demonstrators have not engaged in violence or destructive activity. Peaceful protests are reported
in over 2,400 distinct locations around the country. Violent demonstrations, meanwhile, have
been limited to fewer than 220 locations — under 10% of the areas that experienced peaceful
protests. In many urban areas like Portland, Oregon, for example, which has seen sustained unrest
since Floyd’s killing, violent demonstrations are largely confined to specific blocks, rather than
dispersed throughout the city
Yet, despite data indicating that demonstrations associated with the BLM movement are overwhelmingly peaceful, one recent poll suggested that 42% of respondents believe “most protesters [associated with the BLM movement] are trying to incite violence or destroy property” (FiveThirtyEight, 5 June 2020). This is in line with the Civiqs tracking poll which finds that “net approval for the Black Lives Matter movement peaked back on June 3 [the week following the killing of George Floyd when riots first began to be reported] and has fallen sharply since” (USA Today, 31 August 2020; Civiqs, 29 August 2020). Research from the University of Washington indicates that this disparity stems from political orientation and biased media framing (Washington Post, 24 August 2020), such as disproportionate coverage of violent demonstrations (Business Insider, 11 June 2020). Groups like the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) have documented organized disinformation campaigns aimed at spreading a “deliberate mischaracterization of groups or movements [involved in the protests], such as portraying activists who support Black Lives Matter as violent extremists or claiming that antifa is a terrorist organization coordinated or manipulated by nebulous external forces” (ADL, 2020). These disinformation campaigns may be contributing to the decline in public support for the BLM movement after the initial increase following Floyd’s killing, especially amongst the white population (USA Today, 31 August 2020; Civiqs, 30 August 2020a, 30 August 2020b). This waning support also comes as the Trump administration recently shifted its “law and order” messaging to target local Democratic Party politicians from urban areas, particularly on the campaign trail (NPR, 27 August 2020). Despite the media focus on looting and vandalism, however, there is little evidence to suggest that demonstrators have engaged in widespread violence. In some cases where demonstrations did turn violent, there are reports of agents provocateurs — or infiltrators — instigating the violence. During a demonstration on 27 May in Minneapolis, for example, a man with an umbrella — dubbed the ‘umbrella man’ by the media and later identified as a member of the Hells Angels linked to the Aryan Cowboys, a white supremacist prison and street gang — was seen smashing store windows (Forbes, 30 May 2020; KSTP, 28 July 2020). It was one of the first reports of destructive activity that day, and it “created an atmosphere of hostility and tension” that helped spark an outbreak of looting following initially peaceful protests, according to police investigators, who believe the man “wanted to sow discord and racial unrest” (New York Times, 28 July 2020). In another example on 29 May in Detroit, a number of non-residents reportedly traveled to the city to engage in violent behavior during a demonstration, leading to multiple arrests (MLive, 2 June 2020).

I've cited this before, but I just don't understand why you would trust this random dumbass to interpret the study better than the authors themselves.

Yes, there were many violent demonstrations. But the study says that there were nearly 8000 in total. That means we had around 500 protests where any sort of violence took place (including violence started by counter-protesters) and about 7500 where no violence happened. Congrats.

By the way, the authors also conclude that law enforcement used force disproportionately at the BLM protests (this lines up with other research on the subject). Furthermore, in the case of Portland, they argue that federal and law enforcement intervention escalated tensions (I wonder who else made that point).

Counter-protests were MORE likely to be violent in this study as well.