NYT article mocked for denying Black Lives Matter protests led to violence: ‘Active propaganda’

The New York Times was widely criticized over the weekend for a report that claimed “misinformation” and “conspiracy theories” resulted in voters believing that Black Lives Matter protests caused widespread violence.

In a Times story headlined, “A Vexing Question for Democrats: What Drives Latino Men to Republicans?,” national politics reporter Jennifer Medina noted that many Latino men vote Republican.

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Deep into the lengthy story is a paragraph about sometimes-violent Black Lives Matter protests that was noticed by critics.

“Some of the frustrations voiced by Hispanic Republican men are stoked by misinformation, including conspiracy theories claiming that the ‘deep state’ took over during the Trump administration and a belief that Black Lives Matter protests caused widespread violence,” Medina wrote.

Journalist Michal Tracey wrote, “Evidently it’s the lived experience of the NYT that the permanent national security bureaucracy did nothing to undermine Trump, and the Summer 2020 protests caused no ‘widespread violence’ — beliefs to that effect must be the result of ‘misinformation.'”

Tracey continued: “That NYT could include a throwaway paragraph in this article dismissing as “misinformation” perceptions of “widespread violence” caused by the 2020 riots stems from the collective media decision last year to NOT cover those events accurately and thus distort the historical record.” 

Others slammed the Times for the odd claim, too: 

2020 was plagued by sometimes violent protests stemming from racially charged demonstrations often championed by the Black Lives Matter movement.

Protests and riots ravaged parts of…