narratives they were promulgating made no sense and didn t fit the facts of the case at all and i think this is one of the real criticisms that people have of the press that they treat major national stories or trials like this is almost passion plays or morality plays where there are larger truths at stake and there are good guys and bad guys in this tri- band that tried and you can sort of clear out all of the annoying details about what actually happened. there s a something more important that they were trying to get out and i think that s a very dangerous thing. it s absolutely not the way to cover a trial ever, but we saw that repeatedly during the rittenhouse saga and unfortunately the jury paid more attention to the details and i think demonstrating more wisdom than many of our colleagues, the press throughout the entire ordeal. howard: gillian, the worst part by far was after kyle rittenhouse was acquitted and liberal commentators continued to call him a murderer and continued
the vaccines. the media decided to completely ignore the former and cover the latter. i think that shows us another sort of bias failure inherent in the news landscape today. howard: and of course even president biden still has not been able to get that 40% of americans who have not got the shots to get vaccinated. more the panel in a moment as we look at crime coverage from kyle whitten house kyle rittenhouse. where everything just seems to go your way. you re in good hands with allstate. click or call for a lower auto rate today. what do we want for dinner? you re in good hands with allstate. burger. i want a sugar cookie. wait. i want a bucket of chicken. i want. it s the easiest because it s the cheesiest. kraft. for the win win.
howard: the media sometimes is interested only in selective justice as in the jussie smollett case back when the kyle rittenhouse trials dominating cable news many liberal pundits accused him of being guilty of homicide in the fatal shooting of two people in kenosha even after he was acquitted. the fact that white supremacists roam the halls of congress freely and celebrate this murderous white supremacist and the fact that he gets to walk the streets freely let you know these people have access to instituting laws. they represent the legislative branch of this country. howard: guy, the coverage of the kyle rittenhouse trial was really a turning point because so much of the media convicted this 18-year old of homicide before the trial even got started and then after that they seem to ignore the evidence that was presented in the jury in kenosha that he acted in self-defense. some of the
don t matter if you disagree with them. yes, but to be fair there were also conservative journalists and conservative pundits who continue to hurl him as a hero and i think the reality as guide pointed out so ably a moment ago is that these cases are full of details, pesky little details and they tell their own story and reveal their own truths and so a narrative like this bolstering someone who is on trial or trying to denigrate them before the jury has had a chance to consider the facts before them is always a hopeless undertaking and everyone loses a. howard: i said many times kyle rittenhouse is not a hero but he also deserved a fair trial and if you are acquitted i think all the people who piled on earlier need to recognize that. look at the contrast with the coverage of the jussie smollett verdict when joy read in these other msnbc nighttime host decided to completely ignore the fact that even if found guilty of this terrible hate crime that he had