The Media Is Having Another ‘Fiery But Mostly Peaceful’ Moment

Liberal activists have pooled their post-election furor into “Tesla Takedowns,” protesting Elon Musk’s leadership in the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) by attacking Tesla showrooms across the United States. 

What is a member of the mainstream media to do when confronted with a politically unflattering reality? (RELATED: Several Charging Stations Set On Fire As Backlash Against Musk Intensifies Around World, Turns Violent | The Daily Caller) 

The answer is easy: Simply consult the Summer of Love handbook, memorialized in this infamous clip of CNN correspondent Omar Jimenez: 

Since January, criminals have assailed Tesla facilities with Molotov cocktails, graffiti reading “Nazi” and “F– Musk,” bullets, and fire. Just three days ago, five Manhattan protesters occupying a Tesla showroom were arrested for disorderly conduct, and another for resisting arrest.

But VOX’s characterization of “very spirited peaceful demonstrations” practically drips with delight. The outlet gestures at reports of violence, making little effort to confirm or condemn such actions. (RELATED: ‘Summer Of Anarchy’: Washington State GOP Chair Slams Seattle Mayor For ‘Lack Of Leadership’ | The Daily Caller) 

An anchor on MSNBC goes further: “Just to be clear, you protest a private company, you are labelled by this administration a domestic terrorist.” 

MSNBC justifies violence targeting Tesla as a form of protest, not domestic terror. pic.twitter.com/moz8OO54vz

— Sara Rose 🇺🇸🌹 (@saras76) March 12, 2025

If the contents of that protest are “fire” and “ammunition,” then perhaps. 

When questioned about the violent offenders, President Trump responded, “I’m going to stop them. We catch anybody doing it- because they’re harming a great American company.” 

He offered this warning: “Let me tell you, you do it to Tesla, and you do it to any company, we’re going to catch you, and you’re going to go through hell.”

Contrast the media’s outrage at the President’s censure with their gleeful rush to classify free speech as “literal violence.” 

On the same day CBS’ Margaret Brennan asserted “free speech was weaponized to conduct a genocide” in Germany, the network aired a breathless “60 Minutes” piece fawning over the country’s crackdown on freedom of expression. 

CBS and MSNBC share a particular standard of justice.

In order to decipher how network television will approach a story, simply consider the subject therein, and ask: are they friends or enemies? 

When MSNBC’s friends set fire to private property, it is just and good. 

When you say words they don’t like, you belong in jail. 

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