We’ve written before about how the prosecution seems to have been imploding its own case in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse. Thomas Binger, the prosecution’s opening statement, stated that Rittenhouse was chased by Joseph Rosenbaum and not the reverse. Then he questioned his own witnesses without seeming to know what they would answer — with Richie McGinniss saying Rosenbaum lunged at Rittenhouse, said “F**k you!” and grabbed Rittenhouse’s gun and Ryan Balch saying Rosenbaum threatened to kill him and Rittenhouse.
Perhaps today was the final straw that blew up this case. The defense was questioning Gaige Grosskreutz — the third man Rittenhouse shot. Grosskreutz confessed that he approached Rittenhouse with a gun and pointed it at him. Rittenhouse then shot him. Check out the reaction of one of the prosecutors as well as the court stenographer, it’s priceless.
Rittenhouse should be acquitted immediately pic.twitter.com/PHZnHS5rD9
— Viva Frei (@thevivafrei) November 8, 2021
For anyone who covered the trial, this would be their highlight reel. It could even be the highlight reel of the trial. The main point that media must highlight is, of course, the trial itself.
Perhaps not so much. Let’s take a look into how the media reported Grosskreutz’s testimony today. This is the kind of headlines that many people would read. The stories are often inaccurate or leave out important facts.
Lone survivor shot by Kyle Rittenhouse at Kenosha protests testifies he thought he “was going to die” https://t.co/A4ablI7sS5
— CBS News (@CBSNews) November 8, 2021
Then there’s this incredible departure from reality headline.
Kyle Rittenhouse shot and killed a Kenosha man last August. On Monday, the witness who survived said that he had never attempted to murder the teenager. In fact, he said at the teen’s murder trial, he was actually trying to surrender to him. https://t.co/pg9h6lrQYH
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) November 8, 2021
Do you have a lot of guns? Grosskreutz owned one gun while Rittenhouse only had one. Why is one described as “heavily-armed” and the other isn’t?
They apparently missed the part about Grosskreutz admitting Rittenhouse didn’t shoot until he pointed the gun at him.
These are headlines from Reuters and Washington Post. Grosskreutz, Reuters’s chief reporter, claims that Rittenhouse was disarmed.
— Dr. Nickarama (@nickaramaOG) November 9, 2021
What? How? By waving his gun at him.
— Dr. Nickarama (@nickaramaOG) November 9, 2021
Here’s a take from the local Fox station out of North Carolina, WGHP Fox 8.
Take a look at the local media coverage of Rittenhouse trials today.
They’ve created an alternate reality. This is false information. pic.twitter.com/G91MM8IFQO
— Oilfield Rando (@Oilfield_Rando) November 8, 2021
Notice they cut away from the depiction of the action just before Rittenhouse is attacked, claiming his “arms were raised” when Rittenhouse shot him.
You get the idea and that’s a reasonable sample of what they’re shoveling out.
Because we are familiar with the details of the trial, we can clearly see how the media presents it. We can’t always see all the facts in a story that the media reports on in the way we did here. This is the way they cast the trial. Is this a joke? Then they ask why Americans are now distrusting them. Here’s an example.
However, if the prosecution were to be honest with themselves about the trials today, it would give a more complete picture of the events.
Grosskreutz witnesses Rittenhouse shooting. He admits that he was only shot when he opened fire on Kyle. pic.twitter.com/yvzeowUzF3
— Tim Pool (@Timcast) November 8, 2021
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