CNN Stokes ‘Fear’ That Freedom Convoy ‘Chaos’ Could Come to the US – Opinion

CNN seems to finally have found the Freedom Convoy protests here in Canada. It’s quite something to see the difference in how they cover them compared to the BLM actions in the United States. With the BLM actions, they did everything they could to downplay all the violence, even describing flaming protests as “mostly peaceful,” while with the Freedom Convoy protests, they seemed to be going to every length to twist truly peaceful protests into something threatening.

CNN’s Jake Tapper was interviewing correspondent, Paula Newton, who was in Ottawa talking about the action there.

“Escalating per hour.” Anti-Freedom Convoy reporter Paula Newton from CNN declares the “fear is real” because “If this is the kind of civil disobedience that is tolerated … what can happen next?”
Rumours that another protest would be held somewhere else shaken her. pic.twitter.com/8iSdcbe87U

— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) February 9, 2022

Newton attempted to reduce the negative impact the Convoy was having on the politicians throughout the country, who had dropped restrictions in several Canadian provincial provinces. She noted that the truckers had been parked outside the prime minister’s office for the better part of the last two weeks. She forgets to mention that Justin Trudeau (prime minister) fled the scene and ran into hiding. He refused to talk with them. He then declared that he was suffering from COVID, and attacked truckers hiding in his cave. He’s only emerged again at Parliament over the past couple of days, where he was heckled and even members of his party called on him to drop the mandates.

Newton claimed that she had been hearing “fear” from people around Canada, “If this is the kind of civil disobedience that is tolerated, they fear for what can happen next? And that fear is real.” Why? “Consider what happened in Toronto.” Gee, what happened there? Were people attacked? They did not smash or burn BLM. No, the “fear” was there was another protest that was rising in Toronto. Oh. By the way, CNN, there have been protests in Toronto for days, so you might want to catch up, it isn’t just starting today.

Newton appeared stupefied at the desire to have the mandates removed by those who had been vaccinated.

Here’s more of what Newton said about the convoy earlier today:https://t.co/eOJ2IUBYV3

— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) February 9, 2022

Newton spoke about the blockade at the Ambassador Bridge between Detroit, Michigan, and Windsor, Ontario, and another blockade at the border between Alberta and Montana noting the “fear” that the “chaos” could extend to the United States.

She revealed that she doesn’t understand that it’s already hit here with truckers trying to form their convoy to D.C. to rally.

Newton made a slight change to the story in the second clip, noting that truckers have received support from nearly every part of society. That doesn’t sound like it’s small or that it’s unpopular. She then hastened to reframe it as a “minority” albeit vocal, that “sowed chaos.”

And even morehttps://t.co/FfVsOeXcFN

— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) February 9, 2022

It’s astounding how these are the same folks who had seemingly no concern about the BLM protests in which people were killed, there were billions in damage across the country, with hundreds of cops attacked. CNN is the misinformation network. But honking, and people opposing mandates wins out.