in World News Anchor Goes Dead Silent on Air After Realizing ‘Organic’ Protest Is Totally Staged
There is a certain level of bittersweet joy in watching the illusions of a Los Angeles news anchor crumble on air.
Such is what happened as KTTV in Los Angeles was covering the riots in the city, which began last week as Immigration and Customs Enforcement began carrying out raids in southern California.
Protests and riots — which the left swore were totally unorganized and which were obviously totally organized — broke out, cars were burned, tires were slashed, law enforcement was menaced, the media had another opportunity to say things were “fiery but mostly peaceful,” and it appeared like the spirit of 2020 had finally re-arrived.
Then, President Donald Trump ordered the National Guard and the Marines “to temporarily protect ICE and other United States Government personnel who are performing Federal functions, including the enforcement of Federal law, and to protect Federal property,” according to a memorandum.
The rest of the city is in the hands of California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, who are chastising and/or suing Trump while pleading with the mob to please not burn the place down. (Again.)
Enter KTTV’s coverage of the riots on Monday, where one reporter on the scene described, “We have people right now, look at this, dropping off food and water.”
Such nice folks, these progressives! Back at the studio, one KTTV anchor said it was unlike a scene before “where you have the different organizations that are backing some of these protests. This is more … organic, and maybe that’s what you’re seeing.”
Then, they realized things might not be, uh, so organic.
“What are those boxes?” the anchor’s co-host in studio asked.
“Are those masks of some sort?” she asked.
Why, indeed they were!