In the past week, two separate men have been arrested for reportedly making recent death threats against Republican Sens. Tommy Tuberville and Rep. Jim Banks. The week prior, another man was arrested for earlier threats he made against Republican Sen. Thom Tillis and former Sen. Richard Burr. Yet, as of midday on Wednesday, searches for the lawmakers’ names on the websites of MSNBC, ABC, CBS, The New York Times, and The Washington Post returned no recent results about the developments. …

Legacy media outlets have no problem proclaiming the potential dangers posed to some Democrat legislators in Facebook posts “liked” by Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., but downplay murder plots and intimidation campaigns against figures like Supreme Court Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett.

[Or ignore them altogether. Why? They want to promote the idea that all or most political violence comes from the Right, a laughable claim after the riots of 2020 as well as the DC riot on Inauguration Day 2017. Covering these threats would provide a realistic balance to threats of political violence, but the mainstream media isn’t interested in reporting reality. They’re too busy promoting narratives. — Ed]