NPR: Ryan Heckled, 'Clouds Began to Part' for Obama

NPR: Ryan Heckled, 'Clouds Began to Part' for Obama: “HECKLED! HECK, PAUL RYAN HECKLED BY HECKLING HECKLERS!” That sums up the mainstream media’s coverage of Paul Ryan’s successful visit to the Iowa State Fair on the weekend. Because a couple of left-wing lunatics rushed the stage, apparently punching a campaign volunteer in the process, the media is treating Ryan’s campaign stop as a failure, using the small, violent protest as a stand-in for public opinion as a whole.

National Public Radio is but one example of many. The network ran four stories over two days about the hecklers (even calling them “serious hecklers” in one story). Neither NPR nor most other mainstream outlets bothered to mention the alleged punching; even those, like Buzzfeed, that noted the attack buried it. NPR’s Scott Horsley (above) took the narrative to its inevitable conclusion, noting that President Barack Obama “got a friendlier welcome” and that when he started speaking, “the clouds began to part.”

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