Conservative networks minimize insurrection on anniversary
NEW YORK (AP) — At one point Thursday afternoon, Rep. Adam Kinzinger was on CNN recounting what he was doing a year earlier when the U.S. Capitol was attacked. At the same time, MSNBC was reporting on the Justice Department probe into what led up to the riot.
Yet on Fox News Channel, the story was something else entirely. The network, stocked with hosts allied with former President Donald Trump, aired video of a painting dog to illustrate a discussion about people maxing out on screen time.
That slice of airtime was one of many television moments that unfolded on the first anniversary on the Jan. 6 insurrection, when a mob of Trump supporters violently swarmed the U.S. Capitol in an effort to prevent the certification of President Joe Biden's election victory. But it served as a potent illustration of how conservative media often refuses to acknowledge the severity of what happened last year.
The diverging approaches to coverage of the anniversary were clear from Thursday's earliest hours.
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