I lived in Portland from 1994-1999, have visited regularly since. If I can
ever afford to retire, I would strongly consider moving back. I co-sign
Kevin's perspective.
This is not the first time that Fox News or other conservative outlets have ran
misleading or outright false b-roll over various claims of violence and/or
pending invasion from (insert threat of the week here). Portland seems to
catch a lot of these, but they aren't alone.
David
On Saturday, November 15, 2025 at 09:46:04 PM PST, Kevin M.
<[email protected]> wrote:
Portland has been the target of a sweeping disinformation campaign going back
to the days when right wing media decided it was the headquarters of “antifa”.
Back when I was still on Twitter (back when it was still Twitter), there was a
nutcase YouTuber who claimed he was assaulted in Portland, only if turned out
he was harassing some people and one of them got fed up and dumped a milkshake
on his head. That there was video evidence he was the instigator did not
prevent his baseless accusations from spreading. He eventually left town… he
eventually left the country… but magically kept “live-streaming from the
downtown Portland war-zone.”
Visited Portland a couple summers ago as part of my anniversary trip. Hit up
Powell’s books and Voodoo doughnuts. Dined street-side on the patio of a
downtown coffee shop. The same day I was there, Twitter overflowing with videos
of the very neighborhood I was in supposedly on fire. I’m not the most
observant guy, but I’d like to think I’d notice if I was walking around in a
war zone. I know my wife would have noticed; as a general rule, she dislikes
downtowns, yet she thoroughly enjoyed our visit there.
I know Portland. I have friends there. There is crime. There are unsafe streets
and alleys. But it’s about as pleasant a metropolis as you’re likely to find.
Kevin M. (RPCV)
On Sat, Nov 15, 2025 at 8:29 PM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote:
In a copiously documented ProPublica article, for whatever reason Fox News
Channel decided to visualize the relatively-peaceful protests against ICE
agents in Portland, OR with mislabeled file footage from the BLM protests in
2020 in the same city, convincing a President of the United States that watches
too much cable news that the National Guard had to be called in when they
weren't needed:
https://www.propublica.org/article/portland-protests-national-guard-fox-news-coverage
The question is how did Fox News screw up so bad--or was it on purpose because
if-it-bleeds-it-leads? One does have to point out that the interns and backup
staff they have seem to be mostly from Hillsdale College, Bob Jones University
and other conservative institutions and they have a long history of inaccuracy.
And it does not need to be said that most of Trump's TV diet is the cable news
channels and sports, and maybe the late-night shows. If he subscribes to HBO
(or any streamer), it's for Melania to watch movies. And I would love to know
what was the last scripted show he watched.
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