WillBrink
02-22-19, 10:40
Talk about bias and fun with words knowing few will actually read the details.
So Business Insider has a headline:
"All of the extremist killings in the US in 2018 had links to right-wing extremism, according to new report"
And leads the reader to assume all such killings were right wing motivated, when in fact it was below 50%:
https://www.businessinsider.com/extremist-killings-links-right-wing-extremism-report-2019-1?fbclid=IwAR3ZXYg1PSenSMtPGb5tTy4zLdwLhZx_13NdAl6iQe8k8C7LydhMaYvWWgw
But if one bothers to read the report from the the ADL, one finds:
"Ideological motives appear to have played a primary or secondary role in 19 of the 50 extremist murders (38%) in 2018. In the remaining murders, either the role that ideology may have played is unclear, the motives in general are unclear or the murders were likely committed for non-ideological reasons."
So of the 50, 19 (apparently...) motivated by right wing ideology. Now, I'd bet $, 50% was left wing motivated, and the left over unknown. See ADL report:
https://www.adl.org/murder-and-extremism-2018#executive-summary
So Business Insider has a headline:
"All of the extremist killings in the US in 2018 had links to right-wing extremism, according to new report"
And leads the reader to assume all such killings were right wing motivated, when in fact it was below 50%:
https://www.businessinsider.com/extremist-killings-links-right-wing-extremism-report-2019-1?fbclid=IwAR3ZXYg1PSenSMtPGb5tTy4zLdwLhZx_13NdAl6iQe8k8C7LydhMaYvWWgw
But if one bothers to read the report from the the ADL, one finds:
"Ideological motives appear to have played a primary or secondary role in 19 of the 50 extremist murders (38%) in 2018. In the remaining murders, either the role that ideology may have played is unclear, the motives in general are unclear or the murders were likely committed for non-ideological reasons."
So of the 50, 19 (apparently...) motivated by right wing ideology. Now, I'd bet $, 50% was left wing motivated, and the left over unknown. See ADL report:
https://www.adl.org/murder-and-extremism-2018#executive-summary