“Months
before a man allegedly turned his vehicle into a weapon and plowed through a
group of protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, an article that made the
rounds in conservative media encouraged readers to do something similar.”
"Originally published by The Daily
Caller and later syndicated or aggregated by several other websites, including
Fox Nation, an offshoot of Fox News' website, it carried an unsubtle headline:
"Here's A Reel Of Cars Plowing Through Protesters Trying To Block The
Road." Embedded in the article was a minute-and-a-half long video showing
one vehicle after another driving through demonstrations. The footage was set
to a cover of Ludacris' "Move Bitch."
"The article was published in
January, but it drew renewed attention on Tuesday following this weekend's
deadly incident in Charlottesville. As the outrage grew on Twitter, Fox News
took action, deleting the version Fox Nation had published."
"The item was inappropriate and
we've taken it down. We regret posting it in January," Noah Kotch, the
editor-in-chief of Fox News Digital, said in a statement provided to CNNMoney."
"Within
hours, the Daily Caller had deleted the original post. That version had been
published by Mike Raust, who was then a video editor at The Daily Caller."
"Here's
a compilation of liberal protesters getting pushed out of the way by cars and
trucks. Study the technique; it may prove useful in the next four years,"
Raust wrote.
"None of these clips are new, but that doesn't mean they're
not still fresh."
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