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The level of concern the media had for social distancing during the RNC at the White House vs. this weekend’s protests is…something.@politico found the RNC seating problematic enough to cover, but crickets about 50k people gathering in the midst of a pandemic. pic.twitter.com/q3Q954YCng
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) August 31, 2020
They weren’t alone, of course. @CBSNews and @weijia did the same thing. They mustered a lot of outrage about Trump’s lack of social distancing, but had no such concerns with the protest simultaneously taking place across the street or the march this weekend. pic.twitter.com/IqN0w9R6GS
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) August 31, 2020
You’ll be shocked to see @Maddow employ the same double standard. pic.twitter.com/dnngF5glpM
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) August 31, 2020
@BuzzFeedNews put on a relatively impressive showing.
No mention in the 50,000 person gathering of the fact that “DC rules prohibit the gathering of more than 50 people.”
Wonder why? pic.twitter.com/JmcL3oClQ1
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) August 31, 2020
And their non-news account, @BuzzFeed, did the same thing.
Just egregious when you consider the latter had 25x as many people as the RNC. pic.twitter.com/WjvdOKxZse
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) August 31, 2020
But the real MVP here was @CNN.
They sent in their chief medical correspondent, @drsanjaygupta, to talk about the evils of the RNC’s “lack of social distancing.”
But this weekend’s match? Somehow it isn’t a problem, again, with 25x+ the number of attendees. pic.twitter.com/GfhQPeGMdZ
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) August 31, 2020
And it wasn’t just Dr. Gupta. The whole @CNN crew got involved.
Surely you’re familiar with @brianstelter? Very concerned about the RNC, but nothing on the protests (although he did find the time to take a jab at @TuckerCarlson). pic.twitter.com/FYGHBVwNTB
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) August 31, 2020
@Acosta was also very concerned about social distancing at the RNC.
But when it came to the March on Washington, Acosta’s only concern was why Trump wouldn’t answer his question. pic.twitter.com/uWMUsDWHan
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) August 31, 2020
I’ll stop here to note that it wasn’t just the March on Washington. There are protests – in DC and across the country – that ignore the guidelines we’re all supposed to live by all the time.
Not a peep from the concerned folks on the left and in the media about it. pic.twitter.com/RiPNMCO54m
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) August 31, 2020