It wasn’t mishandled. It was intentionally handled that way.

"Mishandling". That's a very generous term for what they did

The cop who shot Blake wasn't charged not because it was "complicated", it was completely justified. Don't pull weapons on cops that are trying to arrest you

I don't want the media to be "super careful" on what they say. I simply want them to report the facts.

Nothing was “mishandled” The media intentionally lies about the case

When you know a lot about a topic the media are discussing you realise how terrible they are at reporting the truth

There was no way this entire debacle was mishandled. It was skewered on purpose to work people into a frenzy.

Please don't call the people he shot "victims". They were aggressors.

The media really needs to be held accountable for all the lies and damage they cause, some lawsuits would probably help.

I wouldn't call it mishandling if it's done on purpose. Saying they mishandled it sounds like it was an accident.

None of it was mishandled it was all intentional

Mishandling is what happens when you accidentally let go of the door handle at Rite aid just as your realizing an old lady is following you in the store. This was a hit job that would've made Richard Kuklinski proud.

Saying the media mishandled the Rittenhouse case is like saying someone who purposely poured gasoline all over a house and then set it on fire mishandled a box of matches.

Can we stop calling the Kenosha thing a “protest”? It was a riot.

I myself as a second amendment enthusiast completely believed Rittenhouse was guilty until my friend had me look into it further. Just relying on mass media had me thinking it was a kid with a parent's AR that traveled multiple states away to look for trouble in a city he had no investment in. I thought he was completely asking for trouble. After looking up the cold hard facts I realized I had been completely misled INTENTIONALLY. He was as innocent as they come.

Not just the media, any celebrity, THE PRESIDENT, and just anyone in general who misspoke about the whole trial and Kyle needs to be held accountable to the fullest extent! Kyle deserves to sue the living hell out of anyone who did!

>Mishandling ...No, they're doing it on purpose.

News networks are a nightmare, this isn't new, but this trial blew it wide open for all to see clearly

Everyday I look at social media I realized how fucked we are everyday

Yeah, I’m not sure that anyone on Fox News really “Lionized” Rittenhouse so much as pointed out that it was an obvious case of self-defense.

Another good example of bias is the coverage of the "SUV" that drove through the parade killing 6 people including children. No claims of racism directed towards anyone which I found strangely absent. That coverage also faded a little too fast in my estimation.

Mishandling is euphemism for running with a narrative instead of evidence.

The key quote from Matt Taibbi (right at the end of the discussion), which EVERY journalist needs to take special note: 'When people are amped up and ready to go out into the streets and fight each other, you have to be super careful what you say (in the media). Which the mainstream media completely failed to do and just followed each other like a herd - with no thought to the potential consequences.

Rittenhouse has lawyers that will teach the Media the meaning of the word "slander".

Exactly at what point in Kenosha was there a "protest". It was a riot

How many times are they gonna call those riots "protests"

We should all sympathize with Rittenhouse, even if we think it was a mistake for him to try to help his community in the way he did. He was attacked by crazy rioters, and defended himself. Period.

It wasn’t mishandling, it was intentional.

“Mishandled?” Yeah. Their consistent lies were a mistake.

I remember having a conversation with my sister about this case. She was extremely heated. She thought Rittenhouse was a cold blooded murderer and white supremecist. She thought his gun was illegally ascertained and all of this nonsense. I tried to explain that it was a case of self defense. She completely rejected the idea. I asked if she saw the video. She said she didn't want to watch the video. This kind of explained everything. She was willfully ignorant. She wanted to believe so badly that Rittenhouse was a murderous white supremecist that she intentionally ignored facts and evidence. Sadly, this is how most of our citizens operate now. Their ideology trumps facts.

Rittenhouse's name came up recently with a friend and he had to be reminded who he was before commenting "yeah, it gets difficult remembering all these mass shooters." The unfortunate reality is there is no such thing as reality.

"Neglecting to leave out certain details" I think that's called straight out lying.

"Mishandling" is a generous way of describing the MSM and politicians' outright lies and attempts to influence the outcome of the Rittenhouse trial.

They wanted to make an example of him and they failed.

How about the reporters trying to get pictures of the jurors to intentionally sway the case? It’s more than just “purposely leaving things out to sell a story” and the idea that reporters aren’t being told to do these things Is just ignorance.

I have to disagree with Taibbi's framing of the Jacob Blake situation. It wasn't a gray area. The police were responding for a report on Blake himself, he had an active warrant for him, and was actively breaking a restraining order his ex-girlfriend who he sexually abused had placed on him. When confronted by police, he was in the process of stealing a car rental Blake's ex had which contained her children, he resisted arrest, shook off at least 1 tazer (potentially 2-3), and was actively retrieving a knife on his way to enter the car. The cops were justified.

"Pick up an AR-15 and go to a protest?" Well what about a riot? Can we please stop calling what happened to kenosha a "protest"

This guy is a real life beavis & butt head character 🤣

"...you have a heightened responsibility to get it right when people are amped up and they're mad, and they're ready to go out in the streets and fight each other. That's when you have to be super careful about what you say, especially in the media." And then the media does the EXACT opposite.

It wasn't mishandling. It was done on purpose and maliciously.

The first mistake is referring to any looting and vandalism as a protest.

They did such a good job railroading the Charlettesville kid that panicked when rocks started hitting his brand new Challenger, that they were trying to railroad Rittenhouse too.

Theres a BIG difference between neglecting details and outright systematic lies...

It's insane to me how much time and energy is wasted on skin color.

My lawyer sister went goofy on my liberal mother and I for discussing the Rittenhouse case in front of her on Thanksgiving. I asked her how many black folks Kyle shot and she had no clue. I didn't understand how otherwise intelligent people could get this so wrong until I considered most people trust the news on their television because they don't have time to learn about it. Cnn and msnbc need a reboot because they are causing actual damage to the American public.

George Floyd was not murdered as Joe plainly puts it. The charges were Unintentional Second Degree Murder, Third Degree Murder, and Second Degree Manslaughter and was found guilty on all three. As I understand, prosecutors throw as many charges as they can imagine just to make at least one stick, but somehow the jury bought all of them. Perhaps it’s because I’m not a lawyer, but I don’t understand how a single action can get charged with 3 different kinds of the same crime. Additionally, there were several conditions that were contributory to Floyd’s death. One time I had a car accident. My car was hit any another driver. My claim was reduced by 20%, because the officer who reported the accident assigned 20% of the cause to me. Floyd was heavily drugged, and took more drugs during the arrest. Floyd had a cardiac condition, and had COVID-19 at the time of the arrest, in addition of being overweight. Officer Chauvin used a text book tactic, taught in arrest training by about 80% of the nation’s PD. Officer Chauvin used the method in a negligent manner. I don’t think murder in any degree in a situation where any other person would’ve survived should’ve been charged, especially, in the presence of so many other contributory circumstances. There was a last minute theory by the defense, which was possible CO2 poisoning from the patrol car’s exhaust pipe. The prosecutor countered by offering a 96% lung oxygen saturation, to which the judge threatened with a mistrial. How can a person asfíxiate with that much oxygen sat? In addition to all that, the cops had a mini riot of several people screaming at them, which may have contributed to Chauvin’s actions. Police racism was a politically abused issue by Obama that lead to many riots and eventually to the Defund the Police campaign, which is now on self-reverse because of the unsustainable and political counter effect of increase in crime. The case was obviously politicized and the jury accepting ALL of the charges at the same time is wired.

Talking about getting things right then they need to stop calling the people that Rittenhouse shot "victims". They were attackers, and it's been proven in court.

“Mishandling” 🙄. Doesn’t go far enough.

This guy talks like he’s holding in the biggest burp of his life

I’ve never been a fan of Matt’s politics but he’s always been truthful and a stand up journalist

Hope that young man gets a tremendous bag off the media and the president. It would be the first time I smiled about anything president related all year.

Taibbi IS part of the problem - his bias shows - "mishandling" - dude - it was intentionally vindictive!

Let's be clear: this wasn't 'mishandling' the trial, because if it were, they'd have gone out of their way to reconcile with Rittenhouse, his family, and the entire viewership community for being so adamant about wrongly accusing a man of crimes he didn't commit. This was no 'accident'; what they did was purposeful sabotage and enemy action.

I got flagged on Facebook for suggesting that Rittenhouse shouldn't be judged one way or the other until he has had his day in court! Imagine that! FB eventually just blew up my account because of the "weird" beliefs that I have...

I want to see a follow up on mishandling Ghislaine Maxwell's trial

It’s crazy how we have so many news outlets these days and we still have people who are largely misinformed about such case.

We need less "This side is right and this side is wrong" but that will never happen. People have chosen to support news outlets like sports teams.

I don't forget "how crazy it was". I have not recovered from the Chaz/Chop debacle.

Its becoming super obvious that we, each and everyone one of us, are going to have to self check, self monitor before sharing rumor, self rise to the occasion and try to not overreact...especially if fear is stoked.

NBC needs to be charged for trying to intimidate the jury

Taibbi’s half-throated criticisms betray how deep the self censoring is ingrained in us. Don’t stray too far…

2:57 **clear and present background fart** 😂

Fun fact. This is no longer on Spotify

It's not mishandling, or incompetence, it's recklessness. They know what they're doing, they just don't care.

Everything came out about the media in this trial. The following of the jury by MSNBC is the final straw in my mind.

0:14 turning this off here.

I wouldn’t say “not careful” is the way to characterize the media coverage of Rittenhouse. I would say intentionally misleading to characterize that.

Haven’t seen such a great tightrope walking act in years.

Even if they swapped the races of the people that got shot by Rittenhouse, it was still self-defense.

It wasn't mishandles. A murderer walked.

I love neglecting to neglect.

The fact that people even care what race the people involved are or of the people in the trial is a huge problem. It doesn't matter what race a person is if you are in a jury. To say it does is to say that you want jurors to make qualitative opinions based on social narratives versus simply making a judgement based on facts, evidence, and law. The entire jury could have been black and not a single person should have voted guilty. And it doesnt matter if the people Kyle defended himself against were white... what difference would their race have made if you are honestly evaluating the evidence?

The media mishandled a trial?! No way!!!

It shouldn't have been so politicized.

matt gives the MSM way too much credit.

most news outlets still say blake died....he is alive but if I was him I would be worried about the left taking me out because it seems him being alive is a huge inconvenience to them

After paying attention to this case Ill never believe anything the corporate media says again.

Like how he said pallet of bricks just dropped off it's insane all stunt distract people from reality

This guy sounds like I do when I'm holding in a hit of the good green

He was totally unprepared for this interview, the vocal fry, trembling, eye rubbing, and the fear of cancel culture. He should have prepared for these questions

Rioting is not protesting.

Matt has appeared on national television live, so I wondered why he appeared very nervous here. Then I realized that like many of us who would have been identified as 'liberal' only just a few years ago and still think of ourselves as liberal now, he's being portrayed today by government and the mass media as a 'dangerous right-winger' simply because he tells the truth. Having the FBI and CIA breathing down your neck is enough to make anyone nervous.

America is a mess.

"I wouldn't tell my son to get a AR-15 and go to a riot." So people in a riot, breaking windows, assaulting others, burning down places, looting, among other violent crimes, the police stand down and let it all happen while the people of the neighborhood and owners of those business should just accept their livelihood being taken away from them? The issue is not Kyle and his AR-15 but those criminals rioting and being allowed to do so by the state.

I'm curious is to why nobody talks about black supremacy? It's kind of odd because There is very large groups all over this country and very powerful that do the same thing. so why are we always talking about white white white this white that. I'm tired of hearing it. it's all bs

Switch the word "protest" with "riot" and it becomes less confusing- switch the word "protestor" with "anarchist" and it becomes crystal clear.

It was beyond mishandled. These people ain't journalists anymore. Those days are gone.

He didn't pick up an AR an go to a protest. He picked up an AR and went to protect local businesses which wouldn't need to be protected if it was a protest

Why does it matter what color his attackers were? The facts still stand this is insane

Why does this guy sound like he’s afraid to take a stance?! Is your boss gonna fire you for speaking up? Geezus dude, have some balls.

Would love to see you and Kyle talk!

The mental gymnastics this guy goes through in this interview is mind boggling. Cancel culture is real and he's terrified of it.

"If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're mis-informed." -Mark Twain

He wasn’t asked to protect he just did

Try slander...I hope he sues the crap out of them

To be honest, I'm trying to think really hard of what protest's many of you keep referring to still. Because all I can remember are riots,looting,arson...

Notice how the rush to judgement only goes one way? The dude who ran over elderly women and children at a parade doesn't seem to get the same treatment. This isn't accidental. Its premeditated and 100% intentional.

As everyone has said- it wasn’t mishandled… it was very intentional

I'm wishing Rittenhouse all the best when he sues these media a-holes who smeared him

I had a small argument with my seventy-six year old father because he thought for certain the guys who were shot were black. He was genuinely angry and calling him a racist.