RASHOMON: Trump-friendly FOX News vs ostensibly more traditional journalistic standards, CBS, NBC, PBS ...

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FOX News tends to present Trump favorably. But does this presidential coverage rise to the level of authentic journalism? Or is FOX merely shilling for the president?

Rashomon ... pioneered the Rashomon effect, a plot device that involves various characters providing subjective, alternative, and contradictory versions of the same incident.
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Trump slams DC crime as 'embarrassing' ...​

Trump declared a crime emergency in the nation's capital Monday and announced the National Guard and hundreds of other law enforcement officials from various agencies will descend on the city to prevent further crimes.
"This is an emergency," Trump told the media during his press conference Monday morning announcing he is federalizing the. D.C. police force to curb crime in the city. "This is a tragic emergency. And it's embarrassing for me to be up here."

Trump slams DC crime as 'embarrassing' as he preps for high-stakes Putin meeting

President Trump calls D.C. crime situation embarrassing before Putin meeting, announces federal law enforcement deployment to combat violent gangs and criminals.

www.foxnews.com

But according to FOX DC affiliate:

By the numbers:
DC police statistics show homicides, robberies and burglaries are down this year when compared with this time in 2024. Overall, violent crime is down 26% compared with this time a year ago. In 2024, the city saw a 35% drop from 2023.

How bad is DC’s crime? A look at trends amid federal takeover

With President Donald Trump enforcing a federal takeover of D.C., here’s an in-depth look at the city’s crime rates through the years.

www.fox5dc.com

According to justice.gov

Friday, January 3, 2025
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia USADC.Media@usdoj.gov
WASHINGTON - Total violent crime for 2024 in the District of Columbia is down 35% from 2023 and is the lowest it has been in over 30 years, according to data collected by the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) and announced by United States Attorney Matthew M. Graves.

Violent Crime in D.C. Hits 30 Year Low

Total violent crime for 2024 in the District of Columbia is down 35% from 2023 and is the lowest it has been in over 30 years, according to data collected by the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) and announced by United States Attorney Matthew M. Graves. A breakdown of the data is available here.

www.justice.gov

The president declares: "This is an emergency". Crime down by over 25% over two years? An "emergency"?

One obvious question, what is the actual statistical trend?
Another, why is Trump responding to this presidentially declared "emergency now after more than half a year in office?

ref:

FACT: Yes, D.C. Crime Is Out of Control

Washington, D.C. should be a symbol of pride and patriotism for the American people — and a safe location for tourists, residents, and public servants.

www.whitehouse.gov

 

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Fact-checking Trump’s claim that crime in Washington is ‘out of control’​

Trump claimed DC crime is surging to deploy the National Guard, however, the city’s preliminary data proves otherwise.
By Gabrielle Lazor, Samantha Putterman, Amy Sherman and Maria Ramirez Uribe | PolitiFact Published On 12 Aug 202512 Aug 2025
US President Donald Trump said he is deploying 800 National Guard soldiers to Washington, DC, and taking control of its police department after claiming that crime was “out of control” in the capital city.
The nation’s capital is “becoming a situation of complete and total lawlessness,” Trump said at an August 11 news conference as he invoked the Home Rule Act to take federal control of the city.
“Washington, DC, should be one of the safest, cleanest and most beautiful cities anywhere in the world, and we’re going to make it that.”
But many of the details Trump cited do not stand up to scrutiny.

Trump’s actions are a step towards making good on his threat of a federal takeover of the district after carjackers severely beat a former Department of Government Efficiency employee.
In a news briefing after Trump’s announcement, Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser said the district would cooperate with the federal government and added that she speaks with Trump often about the city’s progress on crime.
“In fact, my first meeting with him after he was elected the second time, we went over the crime trends; we went over how we are seeing decreases, so the president is read in on our efforts,” she said.

So why did Trump decide to take DC under federal control, and did he falsely claim that the crime rate had spiked in the capital city?

Can Trump invoke a federal takeover of Washington, DC, under Section 740 of DC Home Rule Act?​

Trump cannot take over the city without congressional approval. He is using an emergency provision to temporarily oversee the district’s police force.

The US Constitution created the District of Columbia as a seat of the federal government. In 1973, President Richard Nixon signed the Home Rule Act, enabling district residents to elect a mayor and city council. The law gives the district autonomy for local governance, but the city still answers to Congress on matters including budgetary oversight and the ability to overturn local legislation.

Fact-checking Trump’s claim that crime in Washington is ‘out of control’

Trump claimed DC crime is surging to deploy the National Guard, however, the city’s preliminary data proves otherwise.

www.aljazeera.com

The reason for citing off-shore news sources, they're less subject to criticism / dismissal as partisan.

OK
Perhaps to some this al Jazeera report seems to more accurately reflect the Justice department, and NBC, and contradicts FOX. So what? If this single sample is representative, which network should U.S. voters rely on? FOX? Or NBC?

 

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The above graphic also on display at:

https://citizenvoice.us/threads/the...t-of-the-united-states-of-america.443/page-64 #1,272

 

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Man killed in Minneapolis by federal agents identified as VA nurse Alex Pretti: ‘He wanted to help people’​

Pretti, 37, worked in the ICU at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System and had assisted on scientific research
Melody Schreiber Sat 24 Jan 2026 20.09 EST
The Minnesota man who was killed by federal agents on Saturday has been identified as Alex Pretti, 37, a registered nurse working in the intensive care unit at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System, which serves veterans.

Man killed in Minneapolis by federal agents identified as VA nurse Alex Pretti: ‘He wanted to help people’

Alex Pretti, 37, worked in the ICU at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System and had assisted on scientific research

www.theguardian.com

The far-left network that helped put Alex Pretti in harm's way, then made him a martyr​

The skirmish that led to Saturday's fatal shooting of an agitator by Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis and the response that followed were driven by a complex network of far-left organizations with a wide range of causes, a Fox News Digital investigation found.

The far-left network that helped put Alex Pretti in harm's way, then made him a martyr

Encrypted chats show activists tracked ICE agents using a sophisticated database before the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. They then used it to mobilize agitators.

www.foxnews.com

“You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts.” Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY)

 

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Republicans start raising concerns about Minneapolis shooting
Meredith Lee Hill / Sun, January 25, 2026 at 1:44 PM EST
A small but growing number of Republicans are raising public concerns about the killing Saturday of a 37-year-old Minnesota man by federal agents.

Hours after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti on a Minneapolis street, one House GOP chair called for the top ICE leader and other Trump administration officials to publicly answer lawmakers’ questions. GOP Sens. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Thom Tillis of North Carolina called for independent probes into the shooting, with Cassidy arguing the integrity of ICE and the Department of Homeland Security are “at stake.”

Another House GOP chair appeared to suggest President Donald Trump should withdraw from Minneapolis and send the agents there to another city.

"If I were President Trump, I would almost think about, OK, if the mayor and governor are going put our ICE officials in harm's way and there's a chance of losing more innocent lives, or whatever, then maybe go to another city and let the people of Minneapolis decide: Do we want to continue to have all of these illegals?” Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) said Sunday on Fox News, adding that he expected Minnesotans to “rebel against their leadership.”


However gentle and equivocal the pushback might be, it is growing increasingly conspicuous as congressional Republicans privately discuss how to respond to Trump’s aggressive immigration enforcement campaign ahead of the midterm elections. Some Republicans have been privately warning administration officials and GOP leaders for months that the operation is not going over well in some pockets of the country.

Republicans start raising concerns about Minneapolis shooting

Most in the GOP are silent or backing the Trump administration, but a conspicuous few are speaking out.

news.yahoo.com