Wednesday, December 1, 2021

Buzzfeed's coverage of The Capital Raid shows the bias Behind the Article

On January 6, 2021, many people took to the Capital in order to let out their distaste for recent American policies and governance. Many Trump supporters stormed the capital in a protest against the recent events. Buzzfeed wrote an article discussing these events and how Trump incited and instigated the protestors into doing more. The Buzzfeed article shows the bias that it has and how it leans more towards the left. The article uses strong words against the protestors and Trump, saying that they attacked the news which they claimed to be fake and how they wanted to "take back" the Capital. Furthermore, tweets were included which showed videos of protestors yelling that Trump had invited them to the Capital and how it was theirs to take back. Buzzfeed offers reliable news but it also shows their bias against Trump supporters and how they were not in favor of them. Much of the article was used to discuss what the protestors had done wrong and not background information on the Capital raid.

 https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetillman/january-six-suspects-trump-statements

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