Courant prints what it knows to be false

The New York Times, via former Hartford Courant reporter Neil Vigdor, makes yet another improper report to the public. In a piece republished on Page 1 of the April 23 Courant [“Mccarthy told GOP of Trump call”], Vigdor and the Times refer to the

Jan. 6, 2021 march into the U.S. Capitol as a “deadly attack.” The only death at the Capitol that day came from a police bullet to the neck of one marcher, unarmed Ashli Babbitt, who was climbing into public space. At all other times, the space she was attempting to enter is public space. No marchers countenanced physical mayhem; none plotted to rob, kidnap, vandalize or take hostages. At several Capitol entrances, Capitol Police peacefully let them into Capitol chambers.

To call the incident a “deadly attack” is irresponsible. “Stupid gathering,” “ineffective protesting” or “misguided posturing” are phrases far closer to the truth than “deadly attack.” The New York Times’ editors know this, but like keeping up as much of an anti-republican narrative as possible. The Courant should not be reprinting what it knows to be untruthful.

Mark Stewart Greenstein, Farmington