Recently, news broke that ICE is paying right-wing influencers to help its recruitment effort. So, you have to wonder if Fox News got paid for its over-the-top effort to blame ICE violence on Democrats and protesters or if it was just part of its usual adoration of Trump fascism.
In any event, the propaganda spewed by “news anchors” John Roberts and Sandra Smith was not just dishonest but designed to whip up hatred and perhaps more violence against protesters.
“You don’t see problems like this” in Louisiana, Florida or Texas, Roberts said, suggesting that if only Minnesotans would stop protesting government-sanctioned violence against people who are innocent until proven guilty and, in many cases, children and citizens, everything would be fine. “It’s only in places like this, where it’s set up for confrontation,” Roberts added. I’m sure his viewers knew he meant, “it’s only in blue cities” that there are problems.
Smith did her part for the propaganda: “Just adding to this, the rhetoric that is out there that so many are questioning whether or not that is leading to the immediate spike in not only protests, but obviously violence and threats made against these ICE agents,” she continued.
