The Propaganda FilesSalon: right-wing media 'politicizing' Manchester, then its own take the same day
The morning after the Manchester Arena bombing, Salon accused Alex Jones and right-wing media of wasting no time politicizing it. That evening Salon promoted its own framing: 'Manchester was an attack on girls.'
Who it favored: Democrats
Accused the right of politicizing a tragedy the same day it did so.
The pieces
- Salon tweet: Alex Jones, right-wing media wastes no time politicizing Manchester bombinghttps://twitter.com/Salon/status/867063405798141954
- Archived (archive.fo)https://archive.fo/UOy6G
- Salon tweet: Manchester was an attack on girlshttps://twitter.com/Salon/status/867225923875110913
- Archived (archive.fo)https://archive.fo/hjD0V
The other side
The second piece was a gender-focused opinion column; Salon would argue it analyzed the attack rather than using it for partisan ends.
Why it's here
This is filed under Subversion, not graded as a lie. What subversion means.