Tim Graham continues his rage at Renee Good for having the bad sense to get shot and killed by an ICE agent — and also plays whataboutism — in a Jan. 16 post:
Several leftist movie stars lectured about the allegedly villainous law-enforcement activities of ICE on the red carpet at the Golden Globe Awards. They wore “Be Good” pins to mourn Renee Good and mourned of “terrorized” immigrants. Why should we care what they think?
MRCTV managing editor Brittany Hughes and NewsBusters contributor Steve Malzberg chimed in on the ICE frenzy. Brittany made a video about actor Mark Ruffalo, who was mysteriously cast at the Incredible Hulk, was claimed he was one of many Americans who are “terrorized and scared” by ICE, and what they’re doing to enforce the law is “not American.” She made the point that these celebrity humanitarians didn’t wear a pin for women like Maryland’s Dacara Thompson, who was raped and murdered at 19 by an illegal immigrant. Not even the local news cared.
Graham didn’t explain why Thompson was a more sympathetic victim than Good.
Ste4ve Malzberg cheered a Fox News host lashing out over those critical of Good’s death:
As the unrest in Minneapolis continues, and the media narrative to paint ICE as the problem grows bolder and bolder, ignoring not only the violent actions of the so-called “protesters”, but also the inflammatory statements made by the Mayor of that city and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, Thursday night’s edition of The Ingraham Angle on Fox News provided some much needed perspective. Host Laura Ingraham proclaimed Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, “The Worst Mayor in the U.S.A.”
Frey, who began his bashing of ICE even before the shooting of Renee Good, has a history and Ingraham was more than happy to present it to her viewers.
[…]Bravo to Laura Ingraham for bestowing the new title to Jacob Frey, and for presenting more than enough evidence to justify that dishonor. Speaking of dishonor, shame on the liberal media for giving a nod of approval, whether through words, or through their silence, to the shameful performance of the “Worst Mayor In The USA.”
Jeffrey Lord spent his Jan. 17 column whining that a certain reporter wasn’t respectful enough in asking about Good’s death, prompting White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt to viciously attack him as a “left-wing hack”:
Which goes to a much larger point. Too many people covering the Trump White House, whether in the White House or spread across the media around the country, are not about journalism. They are about left-wing, anti-Trump activism — exactly as Leavitt said.
Just one of the problems with this is that down the road, when Trump is long gone from the White House and a Democrat holds the Oval Office, the ground has been laid for right-wing activists to also masquerade as journalists covering the Democrat President and his/her administration.
Which is to say, the old wisdom applies: “Be careful what you wish for.”
And if and when the day arrives that the White House press room is filled with conservative activists masquerading as journalists, you will know where they got the idea.
Malzberg returned with a Jan. 18 post angry that a commenter wouldn’t follow his narrative that the ICE agent was hit by Good’s car:
The anti-ICE insanity continues on the streets of Minneapolis, and from the mouths of Democrat elected officials, while the liberal media continues to stand firmly behind the radicals who are impeding and attacking ICE officers. On Friday, The New York Times published a piece on the shooting of Renee Good titled, “Video Analysis of ICE Shooting Sheds Light on Contested Moments“. Friday evening on CNN’s “Erin Burnett OutFront on Friday night”, she welcomed in one of the contributors to that piece, who basically admitted he couldn’t be totally sure about what the officer went through.
[…]The New York Times reporter verifies that Agent Ross suffered the impact of the car, and he can’t say exactly how much impact, or how “widespread” it was! One might think that Burnett would feel the same way, but apparently she chose to focus on Toler’s last sentence, claiming that the video clips he’s seen does not indicate that Good was intentionally trying to hit him.
[…]Burnett seems to ignore the fact the her guest is attempting to acknowledge that piecing these videos together is hard work, and the analysis of them, may not paint a totally, 100% accurate picture of what lead up to those shots being fired. That automatically gives the benefit of the doubt to the officer, who had a split second to react, which is certainly not the desired narrative.
It’s clear that Malzberg’s desired narrative is that Good tried to hit the agent, no matter that the video actually disproves that claim.