Vice News is hands down one of the most disgustingly bias outlets I've had the displeasure of watching/reading, and their propaganda machine is in full swing here.
Their framing of the victims side as some sort of evil far-right group — even when the founder of the left-wing site, Slate, has acknowledged that the group has denounced racism and bigotry for years — helps demonstrate their political motivations. Of course, they go on to talk about boogaloo's and other random groups that have little to nothing to do with the situation as well. Obviously, I wasn't particularly surprised, since we've seen it all before.
Thankfully, Michael Reinoehl seems to be a completely transparent fucking moron. He spends the video seemingly holding back a smirk while talking about what happened. Pretending that a man standing around — unarmed, besides some pepper spray — was some sort of fatal threat to the mob of people that completely outnumbered him close by, which included Reinoehl's friend, who he makes sure to remind everyone is a 'person of color.' During the entirety you can see a tinge of excitement when he speaks about the shooting and what the consequences may be. He quickly elevates the importance of the murder by stating that it, "felt like the first shot of a civil war," which in it's own way, seemingly reveals his motivations for it. It continues on, but I'm sure everyone can interpret things for themselves.
At no point did it seem like Vice took the initiative to ask him difficult questions. This was less of an interview and more of a propaganda piece, where they let a deranged murderer ramble on about his unfounded fears and ridiculous fabricated reality. They make no meaningful mention of his victim, or the family this psycho left mourning. Instead, in between their attempt to inculcate the masses with their didactic messaging, they ask stupid questions with plainly obvious answers to fill time. Then they wrap up with more fearmongering. Brilliant.
I'll be so happy when Vice shutters it's doors. If it helps any, some clever anon, which may, or may not, have been annoyed by this crap, decided to start the rumor that Vice worked with the Marshall's to track him down. Now they're getting bombarded with hate from both sides.
"some clever anon decided to start the rumor that Vice worked with the Marshall's to track jim down"
It's clever because it's entirely possible. This guy was no more use for the cause. He was going to get scooped up by some branch of law enforcement eventually. Why not squeeze one last drop of value out of this useful idiot by creating a little more buzz for journos to write about?
Vice News is hands down one of the most disgustingly bias outlets I've had the displeasure of watching/reading, and their propaganda machine is in full swing here.
Their framing of the victims side as some sort of evil far-right group — even when the founder of the left-wing site, Slate, has acknowledged that the group has denounced racism and bigotry for years — helps demonstrate their political motivations. Of course, they go on to talk about boogaloo's and other random groups that have little to nothing to do with the situation as well. Obviously, I wasn't particularly surprised, since we've seen it all before.
Thankfully, Michael Reinoehl seems to be a completely transparent fucking moron. He spends the video seemingly holding back a smirk while talking about what happened. Pretending that a man standing around — unarmed, besides some pepper spray — was some sort of fatal threat to the mob of people that completely outnumbered him close by, which included Reinoehl's friend, who he makes sure to remind everyone is a 'person of color.' During the entirety you can see a tinge of excitement when he speaks about the shooting and what the consequences may be. He quickly elevates the importance of the murder by stating that it, "felt like the first shot of a civil war," which in it's own way, seemingly reveals his motivations for it. It continues on, but I'm sure everyone can interpret things for themselves.
At no point did it seem like Vice took the initiative to ask him difficult questions. This was less of an interview and more of a propaganda piece, where they let a deranged murderer ramble on about his unfounded fears and ridiculous fabricated reality. They make no meaningful mention of his victim, or the family this psycho left mourning. Instead, in between their attempt to inculcate the masses with their didactic messaging, they ask stupid questions with plainly obvious answers to fill time. Then they wrap up with more fearmongering. Brilliant.
I'll be so happy when Vice shutters it's doors. If it helps any, some clever anon, which may, or may not, have been annoyed by this crap, decided to start the rumor that Vice worked with the Marshall's to track him down. Now they're getting bombarded with hate from both sides.
Edit: Fixed those late night typos.
"some clever anon decided to start the rumor that Vice worked with the Marshall's to track jim down"
It's clever because it's entirely possible. This guy was no more use for the cause. He was going to get scooped up by some branch of law enforcement eventually. Why not squeeze one last drop of value out of this useful idiot by creating a little more buzz for journos to write about?
This clown was killed by federal agents not too long ago
Yup. I got to see a video of his corpse as they attempted CPR.
I don’t think CPR is gonna pump the bullets out of him lol
I feel a little bad for laughing as hard as I did at this comment. Just a little.
This is your brain on white guilt.