The secret service agent blamed the incident 100% on the protesters, based on images from CNN. This was not Donald Trump's fault, he said. Then the media spokesperson for Trump recited Trump talking points.
I started listening to this on the car radio at 4:15, before Trump canceled, when I left the jail in Castle Rock to drive the 30 miles back to Denver. Due to traffic, it took over an hour. I was able to switch between CNN and Fox. On CNN, the pundits were predicting violence and bashing Trump before anything happened. One CNN pundit said the protesters were shouting "Bernie" (as if Sanders was to blame. Absurd.)
Someone must have called down to the control room at CNN because by the time I got home and turned on the TV, CNN was pointing out no one was injured and no arrests had been made. But they are still showing images from the few skirmishes over and over.
These pundits have no idea of the numbers at the rally. One said there were 8,500 there, another said there were a few hundred protesters, another said there were a few thousand protesters, and one said there were 8,500 protesters.
The CNN anchor can't even listen correctly. When the ex-Secret Service agent claimed the Trump protesters clearly were out to instigate fights, (not once, but twice), the CNN anchor, when talking to the next guest, referred to the agent as having said the protesters clearly came with the intent to stop Trump from speaking. Two very different things.
Things were calmer over at Fox, but boring.
At one point Trump's campaign issued a statement saying the cancellation happened after Trump landed in Chicago and met with law enforcement.
CNN is now replaying the few fights over and over. CNN seems to think that if it puts on pundits from both sides, it's airing the news. Far from it. It's just presenting us with two warped perceptions.
There's really no network to watch if all you want is to turn on the news and find out what happened. That's a shame.
