Rittenhouse jury verdict, Part II

Friday afternoon, the Rittenhouse jury delivered a verdict on the criminal trial. They also delivered a verdict on the MSM. It isn't pretty. Miranda Devine's article outlines 10 of the MSM's biggest lies.

1. He killed 2 black BLM protesters.
2. He crossed state lines.
3. Rittenhouse took an AR-15 across state lines.
4. The gun was illegal.
5. Rittenhouse’s mother drove him across state lines to the riot.
6. He was an "active shooter" who took his gun to a riot looking for trouble.
7. Rittenhouse is a "white supremacist," as then-candidate Joe Biden labeled him in a tweet showing the teenager’s photograph.
8. He “flashed white power signs” with Proud Boys.
9. He wore surgical gloves "to cover his fingerprints."
10. Judge Bruce Schroeder is a “Trumpy” racist biased toward the defense.

That's quite the indictment against the MSM. If you're surprised by any of these verified facts, Townhall's Julio Rosas has some advice:

If you are in shock over the verdict, get better news sources.

— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) November 19, 2021

The lessons taught in Jonathan Turley's column are invaluable, too:

The American jury is designed to stand between the mob and a defendant; between the government and the accused. The thin line of a dozen citizens can prove the most unassailable wall for justice in our system.

There was, however, a second verdict in that courtroom for those who have been maintaining a distorted or incomplete account to this trial. From the outset, politicians and media figures insisted that this was a case of murders committed by a white supremacist. Then-presidential candidate Joe Biden labeled Rittenhouse a “white supremacist” in a tweet showing his photo and demanded to know why then-President Donald Trump did not “disavow white supremacists.” Much of the media followed suit with an echo chamber of coverage that led some people to believe that these were essentially executions on the streets of Kenosha. Columnist Elie Mystal called the trial a sham.

The thought of mob rule should frighten any thinking person. Unfortunately, mob rule is exercised frequently in today's society. Whether it's called mob rule or cancel culture, it's essentially the same thing. Situations aren't allowed to be judged one-at-a-time. One person or group is all-powerful and thinks for everyone. If someone thinks for themselves, the mob descends and the individual is obliterated.

A person's civil rights are difficult to maintain when the mob, especially when the mob is the media, Big Tech or the government, sets its sights on people. That's why it's important for people to develop a list of journalists with a reputation of integrity. Julio Rosas, Richie McGinnis, Drew Hernandez, Lawrence Jones and Bill Melugin top my list of reporters. Sadly, there isn't a single reporter from MSNBC on my list of 'trusteds'.

The jury essentially told the MSM that they were full of it. The jury, in this instance, was right. The media, outside of Mssrs. Rosas, Hernandez and McGinnis, were Jim Acosta terrible.