The broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) routinely exercise their power to
raise local stories to national attention when they decide it helps the
narrative, or squash it if it doesn�t. So, obviously, Wednesday's terroristic
threats from New York City�s Black Lives Matter leader Hawk Newsome were
conspicuously absent Thursday evening even though he had said his group would
bring �riots,� �fire,� and �bloodshed� (emphasis his) if Mayor-elect Eric
Adams (D) tried to bring back the �anti-crime� unit.

While they were ignoring how the socialist-extremist organization was
threatening to launch terrorist attacks on New York City, ABC�s World News
Tonight, the CBS Evening News, and NBC Nightly News were busy touting snow in
the Midwest. They also lamented how an appeals court temporarily blocked the
January 6 committee from accessing former President Trump�s documents from
the National Archives.

And as we discussed on the NewsBusters Podcast earlier this week, their
ability to manipulate the reach of local stories was especially true when
they spring up from their backyards in New York City. ABC has literally
covered traffic accidents and other incidental happens in the city as if
they�re worth national attention.

So, it was left up to Fox News Channel and their show America Reports to do
the end-run around their filter. �The head of New York's Black Lives Matter
movement promising �bloodshed,� �riots,� and �fire� if the city's incoming
mayor, Eric Adams follows through on his plan to crack down on a violent
crime,� announced co-anchor John Roberts.

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bloodshed-nyc

�Now, BLM laid out their policy demands of Adams for helping the black
community including the expectation that there will be police reform that
disbands police unions and audits the NYPD,� reported correspondent Bryan
Llenas, noting the group was �unsatisfied with the Mayor�s lack of
guarantees.� Which led to this recorded, public threat:

NEWSOME (BLM Greater New York Chapter): If they think they are going
back to their old ways of policing, then we are going to take to the
streets again. There will be riots, there will be fire, and there will
be bloodshed!

Llenas then recalled Newsome�s history of encouraging violence for his
political cause. �Now, during the height of the violent unrest of the summer
of 2020, Newsom said violence is sometimes necessary,� Llenas recounted.

BLM issued these threats because Adams was a retired NYPD officer who's
wanted to crack down on the out-of-control crime wave sweeping the city. And
to draw attention to those local crime stories, Roberts and co-anchor Jacqui
Heinrich read through a few heinous examples (Click �expand�):

ROBERTS: Even now � just a few examples of that crime: a 37-year-old
man says he was beaten by a group of four people outside of a trendy
Manhattan restaurant all because, he says, he asked them to stop
harassing somebody.

HEINRICH: A woman beaten inside an elevator at a subway station. Her
attacker slugging her, throwing her to the ground, and dragging her
out by her feet.

ROBERTS: And a 62-year-old man hit with a baseball bat, stabbed, and
slashed in midtown Manhattan not by one random criminal but instead
by a gang of seven violent attackers.

HEINRICH: These stories and countless others are leaving New Yorkers
begging for a bigger police presence�

As for Adams� response to the threats, he seemed to downplay them. �We�re
going to have the backs of our police officers, but we�re going to hold them
accountable to do their jobs. And so, if fringe elements want to hurl
rhetoric it like that, that�s silly to New Yorkers,� he said in a soundbite.

�Look, Jacqui, it is a tight rope for Adams. He ran as a moderate, pro-cop
Democrat in a very progressive city while at the same time promising to hold
those police accountable,� Llenas noted as he wrapped up. �He's not even in
office yet and already we have the fireworks between him and BLM.�

The obfuscation of Black Lives Matter�s terroristic threat was made possible
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The transcript is below, click "expand" to read:

Fox News Channel�s America Reports
November 11, 2021
2:01:37 p.m. Eastern

JOHN ROBERTS: The head of New York's Black Lives Matter movement promising
�bloodshed,� �riots,� and �fire� if the city's incoming mayor, Eric Adams
follows through on his plan to crack down on a violent crime.

JACQUI HEINRICH: Eric Adams, New York City�s mayor-elect and a former police
captain himself, had pledged to bring back a version of the NYPD anti-crime
unit. Under Bill de Blasio the NYPD disbanded that group last year and
hundreds of officers reassigned amid protests to defund police. All the
while, violent crime in the city has soared and it has not stopped.

ROBERTS: Even now � just a few examples of that crime: a 37-year-old man says
he was beaten by a group of four people outside of a trendy Manhattan
restaurant all because, he says, he asked them to stop harassing somebody.

HEINRICH: A woman beaten inside an elevator at a subway station. Her attacker
slugging her, throwing her to the ground, and dragging her out by her feet.

ROBERTS: And a 62-year-old man hit with a baseball bat, stabbed, and slashed
in midtown Manhattan not by one random criminal but instead by a gang of
seven violent attackers.

HEINRICH: These stories and countless others are leaving New Yorkers begging
for a bigger police presence, but the Black Lives Matter leader says, if the
old NYPD comes back, they�re taking to the streets. (�) But first, we want to
go to Bryan Llenas in New York City with this story for us. Hey, Bryan.

BRYAN LLENAS: Jacqui, good afternoon. Despite the threat, New York City's
mayor-elect, Eric Adams vowed today that New York will, quote, "Not be a city
of rioting and will not burn." Yesterday, Adams met with the co-founder, Hawk
Newsome, of Black Lives Matter chapter here in greater New York. It was a
half-hour meeting, it was cordial, and it was live-streamed on Instagram.

Now, BLM laid out their policy demands of Adams for helping the black
community including the expectation that there will be police reform that
disbands police unions and audits the NYPD. But unsatisfied with the Mayor�s
lack of guarantees, the BLM leader, Hawk Newsome made this threat right after
the meeting.

HAWK NEWSOME (BLM Greater New York Chapter): If they think they are going
back to their old ways of policing, then we are going to take to the streets
again. There will be riots, there will be fire, and there will be bloodshed!

LLENAS: Now, during the height of the violent unrest of the summer of 2020,
Newsom said violence is sometimes necessary. Here's how Adams responded today
to the threat.

MAYOR-ELECT ERIC ADAMS (D-NYC): We�re going to have the backs of our police
officers, but we�re going to hold them accountable to do their jobs. And so,
if fringe elements want to hurl rhetoric it like that, that�s silly to New
Yorkers.

LLENAS: Adams accused of Newsome of, quote, �showboating� and said while he
downplayed the organization as not representative of the entire Black Lives
Matter movement.

HEINRICH: Wow, that sounds incredible, Bryan. What is the reaction � or what
is the criticism rather of Black Lives Matter's towards Eric Adams? What's
their biggest problem with him?

LLENAS: Well, ultimately, it's a fact that, look. Eric Adams is a retired
NYPD captain. On top of that, he�s somebody who campaigned on bringing back
the anti-gang, anti-criminal plainclothes police units that were disbanded in
2020.

Now, Newsome and BLM opposed these units saying they are responsible for
deaths like that of Eric Garner. But look, Eric Adams, today defended his
policy. Listen.

ADAMS: If the bad guys know that the only thing they have to look after � out
for are those in blue and white cars, we�re at a disadvantage. You need the
unpredictable aspect of policing and public safety and that the unmarked car.
That keeps the bad guys off balance.

LLENAS: Adams obviously arguing that he believes plainclothes units are
necessary to fight the surge in crime in this city.

Look, Jacqui, it is a tight rope for Adams. He ran as a moderate pro-cop
Democrat in a very progressive city while at the same time promising to hold
those police accountable. He's not even in office yet and already we have the
fireworks between him and BLM. Jacqui.

HEINRICH: Wow. Incredible. Bryan Llenas, live in New York City for us. Thank
you.

--
Let's go Brandon!

In article <smtp8c$kbg$4@dont-email.me>,
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

> The broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) routinely exercise their power to
> raise local stories to national attention when they decide it helps the
> narrative, or squash it if it doesn't. So, obviously, Wednesday's terroristic
> threats from New York City�s Black Lives Matter leader Hawk Newsome were
> conspicuously absent Thursday evening even though he had said his group would
> bring "riots", "fire", and "bloodshed" (emphasis his) if Mayor-elect Eric
> Adams (D) tries to bring back the anti-crime unit.

Isn't the entire police department an anti-crime unit?

BLM: How dare the police fight crime!

> While they were ignoring how the socialist-extremist organization was
> threatening to launch terrorist attacks on New York City, ABC's World News
> Tonight, the CBS Evening News, and NBC Nightly News were busy touting snow in
> the Midwest.

So they're finished with their in-depth exposes on the dark history of
the phrase "Let's go, Brandon", are they? It's hard-hitting news like
that which let's us know they're real journalists.

> And as we discussed on the NewsBusters Podcast earlier this week, their
> ability to manipulate the reach of local stories was especially true when
> they spring up from their backyards in New York City. ABC has literally
> covered traffic accidents and other incidental happens in the city as if
> they're worth national attention.
>
> So, it was left up to Fox News Channel and their show America Reports to do
> the end-run around their filter. "The head of New York's Black Lives Matter
> movement promising 'bloodshed, riots, and fire' if the city's incoming
> mayor, Eric Adams follows through on his plan to crack down on a violent
> crime," announced co-anchor John Roberts.

> "BLM laid out their policy demands of Adams for helping the black
> community including the expectation that there will be police reform that
> disbands police unions and audits the NYPD," reported correspondent Bryan
> Llenas

Huh. I always thought leftists were big on unions and have decreed that
the ability for labor to organize is a fundamental right. I guess those
rights-- like so many others-- are only for unions and workers that vote
reliably Democrat.