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Fox News
12-06-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Liberal media downplays LA riots, dismiss violence as isolated while touting 'peaceful' anti-ICE protests
There has been a widespread effort by the mainstream media to downplay the rioting that has erupted in Los Angeles over the past several days in response to ICE raids targeting illegal immigrants. ABC7 Los Angeles anchor Jory Rand went viral for cautioning law enforcement from escalating tensions by interfering in rioter vandalism. "It could turn very volatile if you move law enforcement in there in the wrong way, and turn what is just a bunch of people having fun watching cars burn into a massive confrontation and altercation between officers and demonstrators," Rand said. CNN media analyst Brian Stelter has been vocal in minimizing the rioting that has taken place. "The unrest is isolated. It has not overtaken the entire city of LA. LA is home to millions of people, most of whom are having a normal day here on Sunday," Stelter said as CNN aired a breaking news banner reading "AS L.A. RIOTS EXPAND, SO DOES MISINFORMATION." On Monday, Stelter urged CNN viewers to "be careful" about what they see on social media. "A lot of these algorithms are surfacing hours-old or even days-old content!" Stelter exclaimed. "So you might be looking at a video of something wondering what's happening in LA- it's actually from two days ago!… It only matters because it can give people a false impression of what's actually happening at a moment of unrest." Stelter offered a similar sentiment on X. "Offline, in real-world Los Angeles, most Angelenos are having a perfectly normal day. But online, the fires and riots are still raging. Seeking clicks, clout and chaos, unvetted social media accounts are preying on fears about where last weekend's clashes will lead," Stelter wrote Tuesday. "The powerful algorithms that fuel social media platforms are feeding users days-old and sometimes completely fake content about the recent unrest in L.A., contributing to a sense of nonstop crisis." NBC News correspondent Jacob Soboroff acknowledged that there had been "civil unrest" and "reports of looting overnight," but stressed that isn't happening "on a wide scale" across the city. "And I think it's important to emphasize that this is also not what was happening before the National Guard came to Los Angeles. That's the point that Governor Newsom is making," Soboroff said on MSNBC's "Morning Joe." Soboroff also shrugged off news coverage of the "gnarly" depiction of the protests by sharing a video of himself attending an "interfaith vigil" blocks away. On Wednesday's installment of "Today," his NBC colleague Liz Kreutz told Savannah Guthrie that LA is "not on fire." "You could be in Santa Monica or another part of LA and not even feel the impact of these protests," Kreutz said Wednesday. "They are very much concentrated, Savannah, to a very small pocket of downtown LA, around the federal building, around City Hall. That is where these protests are taking place right now. That is why local law enforcement believe they can handle this situation. Of course, the president is painting a different picture." "And we should say there are some agitators and people that have been really instigating things with police. But for the most part, especially during the day, many of the protesters gathering have been peaceful," the NBC News correspondent added. The New Yorker published a political cartoon Tuesday depicting the National Guard gathered outside LA's iconic Cinerama Dome with one saying to another, "The protesters seem to be doing some sort of joyful synchronized dance. Is it time to call in the Marines?" On Sunday, The New York Times published a story with the headline, "Not far from tense clashes, life goes on in L.A.," touting how the Los Angeles Pride parade "went forward without delay" among other things going on in the city. "As the first National Guard troops rumbled into Los Angeles on Sunday, summoned by the Trump administration to quell protests against an immigration crackdown, Los Angeles remained its eternal self — bigger than any one disruption. Los Angeles County, all 4,000 square miles of it, has a way of insulating and isolating mayhem, man-made or otherwise," the Times wrote. "As clashes have broken out between protesters, federal agents and police officers, life — that uniquely sunlit and serene Southern California version of it — mostly unfolded peaceably. It's not that those elsewhere were oblivious to what was happening. It's just that there was space for the one to not interrupt the other." The ladies of ABC News' "The View" also peddled the narrative. "It's been peaceful for days, and then suddenly these guys showed up and flipped everybody out. And so that's what my family is saying," Whoopi Goldberg said Tuesday. "I spoke to five people that live in LA, that work in LA, and they said the protests were very, very orderly, they weren't violent, and they occurred in about a four-block radius, and we all know how large LA is," Sunny Hostin followed. "And so, in my view, there is no crisis in Los Angeles that ICE did not cause. That is the fact of the matter, right?" On Tuesday, ABC's LA-based late-night host Jimmy Kimmel declared "there's no riot outside" and suggested the media is hyping the unrest while blasting President Donald Trump for sending in the National Guard. "Someone sets a fire in a garbage can, 12 camera crews go running toward it," Kimmel asserted. "Trump wants it to seem like anarchy, so he goes around our governor and calls in 4,000 troops from the National Guard and 700 active-duty Marines. When we had the wildfires that devastated big chunks of our city, he did absolutely nothing. Now that we're in the middle of a non-emergency, send in the National Guard!"
New York Post
10-06-2025
- Politics
- New York Post
LA news anchor sparks fury for calling rioters ‘a bunch of people having fun watching cars burn'
A Los Angeles news anchor sparked outrage for calling rioters 'a bunch of people having fun watching cars burn' — while blaming law enforcement for wanting to stop the carnage. Jory Rand of ABC 7 dramatically underplayed the violence even as his broadcast showed shocking images of cars completely ablaze in smoke-covered streets. Noting there was 'a large group of people' running wild, Rand said it 'could turn very volatile if you move law enforcement in there the wrong way and turn what is just a bunch of people having fun watching cars burn into a massive confrontation and altercation between officers and demonstrators.' Advertisement Anchor Jory Rand of ABC 7 is under fire for his description of the anti-ICE rioters in Los Angeles. @ABC7Jory/X Joe Kinsey, a senior editor at Outkick, accused Rand of being 'worse than Baghdad Bob propaganda,' referring to the war-time propagandist for warmongering Iraq leader Saddam Hussein. Cars have been set on fire, stores looted and dozens arrested since the protests began on Friday. Aldo-Buttazzoni Advertisement Another viewer outraged by Rand's comments described him as 'a special type of stupid' and claimed he had 'no busy in the media industry.' 'Jory Rand is absolutely tone deaf about the L.A. riots. He's part of the reason why the public can't trust the media anymore,' another posted. Another called him ther 'biggest woke [journalist] I've ever seen.' 'You're supposed to be neutral and report the news you should just go work for CNN,' one X user said. Advertisement Neither Rand nor ABC 7 appeared to have addressed the outrage. Several cars, including law enforcement vehicles, have been torched or vandalized and multiple stores looted in the country's second largest city riots that have engulfed downtown Los Angeles since the weekend continued for a fourth night on Monday. At least five driverless Waymos set ablaze during protests against ICE enforcement in downtown Los Angeles Sunday evening — prompting the company to suspend the ride-sharing service to the area. Minutes later, the California Highway Patrol dispersed the crowd of protesters from the 101 Freeway — however the agitators returned later and hurling fireworks and rocks at CHP cruisers parked on the highway, according to KTVU. Advertisement Video from the scene shows one CHP car engulfed in flames. Dozens of rioters have been arrested in the demonstrations, which were sparked by ICE raids and have spread to other parts of the Golden State.
Daily Mail
10-06-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
LA anchor's comment about riots sparks mass viewer outrage
An anchor's wording while reporting on the Los Angeles riots has spawned a firestorm on social media after he appeared to warn that cops should be wary when responding to offenders who had been burning cars. 'It could turn very volatile if you move law enforcement in there the wrong way and turn what is just a bunch of people having fun watching cars burn into a massive confrontation and altercation between officers and demonstrators,' ABC7's Jory Rand urged, as his network's helicopter filmed a car set ablaze by protesters. Quick to take note of the characterization were several on X, who tore into the anchor and his coverage. The far-right Libs of TikTok, for instance, re-shared the footage and wrote: 'Yes. He really said that.' 'Is this how Democrats have fun now that Trump is getting rid of the fentanyl?' another joked. 'If patriots protested like that, the narrative would flip overnight,' someone else sniped. A post for Libs of TikTok initially erroneously identified one of Rand's co-anchors as the owner of the quote - sparing him from some of the outrage. The clip, meanwhile, was taken out of context, with Rand also labeling the burning of cars 'abhorrent' and acts of vandalism at other points in his coverage. 'This is obviously not something we want to see,' he said separately. 'We don't want to see cars burning in the streets, we don't want to see these acts of vandalism.' The chaos was triggered Friday by immigration raids that resulted in dozens of arrests of what authorities say are illegal migrants and gang members. Police ordered the public to disperse from downtown overnight after an intense day of demonstrations in the region. Around 300 National Guard troops were deployed to the region, spurring anger and fear among many residents. By noon local time on Sunday, hundreds had gathered outside the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles, where Caputo was reporting. Protesters there approached members of the federal agency and were fired upon with control munitions. The group then moved to block traffic on the 101 freeway. The 300 guards called to the crisis have were seen using tear gas, rubber bullets, and flash bangs to control the crowds. President Trump has said the National Guard was necessary because Gov. Gavin Newsom and other Democrats have failed to quell recent protests targeting immigration agents. House Speaker Mike Johnson, a staunch Trump ally, endorsed the president's move, doubling down Trump's recent criticisms of California democrats and their cooperation with his orders. Former Vice President Kamala Harris, who lives in Los Angeles, said the immigration arrests and Guard deployment were designed as part of a 'cruel, calculated agenda to spread panic and division.'
Fox News
09-06-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
LA news anchor claims people are having 'fun' watching cars burn, riots 'relatively peaceful'
A Los Angeles news station went viral after its news anchor characterized the anti-ICE riots as "just a bunch of people having fun watching cars burn" on Sunday. During its live coverage of the violent demonstrations rocking downtown LA, ABC7 Los Angeles anchor Jory Rand cautioned law enforcement from escalating tensions by interfering. "It could turn very volatile if you move law enforcement in there in the wrong way, and turn what is just a bunch of people having fun watching cars burn into a massive confrontation and altercation between officers and demonstrators," he said. Correspondent Tim Caputo, who was reporting live from the scene, also warned about the "fine line" police had to walk to keep the peace but not "provoke" the crowd. "It's tough because their presence alone is sometimes agitating the crowd. The police presence, the flashbangs, the tear gas, those are provoking the crowd to fire back, but it's tough because police are not part of the immigration," he said. Caputo added that it was a "nuanced issue" but violence was "not OK" no matter what your cause is. Violence erupted on the streets of downtown Los Angeles on Friday night in response to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids. Vehicles were set ablaze, rioters threw objects at police from a freeway overpass and smashed the windows at the LAPD headquarters. During their live coverage Sunday, both Rand and Caputo emphasized the violence was limited to just a handful of agitators and not reflective of the crowd of protesters at large. Caputo said he wouldn't call the situation a "riot" even though President Donald Trump used the term. "I don't know that I would characterize it [as a riot]," he said. "The vast majority are people taking videos, people waving flags, people walking around, people wanting to be part of the cause, wanting to have their voices heard, and wanting to show the power of numbers and the power of force…[but]you have these pockets of people who are intentionally causing some issues." "It's tough to describe the crowd as a whole as agitators. I wouldn't even say that, even close to that," Caputo continued. "[I]t doesn't seem like this necessarily encompasses the vast majority of people here, it's just everyone gets caught up in the hoopla." "It's a matter of a couple of people kind of ruining everything for everyone else," Rand confirmed. "What might have been a peaceful demonstration certainly is no longer that, as those cars continue to burn and explode." As more explosions went off in the background, Caputo and his cameraman tried to relocate from the scene. Rand then declared that things "look relatively peaceful right now," if you don't count the cars on fire. "It's hard to say that with three cars burning, things do seem relatively calm minus these cars that have been set on fire," the anchor added. The news coverage drew criticism on social media after account LibsofTikTok shared a clip of Rand's comments. ABC7 Los Angeles did not immediately return Fox News Digital's request for comment. Trump sent 2,000 National Guard troops to the area on Friday to address the violence, which drew criticism from California Gov. Gavin Newsom and LA Mayor Karen Bass. Newsom said Trump had overstepped his boundaries when he deployed the National Guard to help with the anti-ICE riots, claiming "local law enforcement didn't need help."
Daily Mail
09-06-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Woke reporter denies there are riots and looting in LA while chaos unfolds behind him
A local TV reporter in Los Angeles questioned whether the city's violent unrest qualified as rioting - even as a fire burned behind him live on the air. ABC7 reporter Tim Caputo insisted that the 'vast majority' of protestors involved in the demonstrations were 'people taking videos [and] people waving flags' during his one-the-ground report. He made the remarks as black smoke billowed into the air behind him and a loud explosion could be heard in the distance. During the segment, ABC7 anchor Jory Rand asked whether those responsible for torching five vehicles were 'a group that splintered off,' 'mak[ing] it look like it's a lot worse than the situation actually playing out on the ground.' 'That's the quintessential question when you have rallies, demonstrations, riots, if you will,' Caputo replied. 'I wouldn't go as far to call it that. I know president Trump had tweeted about riots and looting - I don't know that I would characterize it that way.' As the broadcast showed aerial images of cars on fire, Caputo directed his cameraman away from rising smoke. 'From what we've seen... the vast majority are people taking videos, people waving flags, people walking around, people wanting to be part of the cause, wanting to have their voices heard, and wanting to show the power of numbers and the power of force,' the reporter said. Caputo went on to say that the majority of protestors were 'people walking around, people wanting to be part of the cause, wanting to have their voices heard, and wanting to show the power of numbers and the power of force' The clip was quickly re-shared on social media, earning swift criticism from viewers. 'If you take out the really violent stuff it's relatively peaceful,' one X user joked. 'He thinks we have no eyes to see,' another chimed. 'Is this AI,' a third quipped. The chaos was triggered Friday by immigration raids that resulted in dozens of arrests of what authorities say are illegal migrants and gang members. Police ordered the public to disperse from downtown overnight after an intense day of demonstrations in the region. Around 300 National Guard troops were deployed to the region, spurring anger and fear among many residents. By noon local time on Sunday, hundreds had gathered outside the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles, where Caputo was reporting. Protesters there approached members of the federal agency and were fired upon with control munitions. Lol @ABC7TimCaputo is like Trump calls it rioting but I wouldn't call it that, just a few cars on fire and explosions, the 'vast majority' of protesters are just taking pictures lololol what!?! — ¡El SooperMexican! ن c137 🦬 (@SooperMexican) June 9, 2025 The group then moved to block traffic on the 101 freeway. The 300 guards called to the crisis have were seen using tear gas, rubber bullets, and flash bangs to control the crowds. President Trump has said the National Guard was necessary because Gov. Gavin Newsom and other Democrats have failed to quell recent protests targeting immigration agents. House Speaker Mike Johnson, a staunch Trump ally, endorsed the president's move, doubling down Trump's recent criticisms of California democrats and their cooperation with his orders. Former Vice President Kamala Harris, who lives in Los Angeles, said the immigration arrests and Guard deployment were designed as part of a 'cruel, calculated agenda to spread panic and division.'
