"Screenshot via MS NOW NPR investigative reporter Tom Dreisbach broke the news this week that a January 6th rioter pardoned by President Donald Trump had been convicted by a Florida jury of sexually abusing children, including an 11-year-old. Dreisbach posted the news on social media, which sparked a bevy of replies from many of his fellow journalists and other media commentators who felt the story was not getting nearly the attention it deserved."
"Per police, Andrew Paul Johnson tried to bribe one of his victims by promising to share expected Jan. 6 restitution money from the Trump admin. Pod Save America host Dan Pfeiffer shared Dreisbach's post and wrote, If a Democratic president pardoned a violent criminal who went on to do something like this, it would be the biggest story in politics for weeks."
A January 6 rioter pardoned by President Donald Trump was convicted in Florida of sexually abusing children, including an 11-year-old. A social media post about the conviction noted that police say the defendant tried to bribe one victim by promising to share expected Jan. 6 restitution money from the Trump administration. Cable news transcripts show only one cable show mentioned the conviction this week, while major networks such as Fox News and CNN did not cover it as news. Several news sites including NBC News and The Guardian covered the conviction; the New York Post was the only major right-leaning outlet to report it. Media commentators and critics highlighted limited cable coverage and accused right-leaning outlets of hypocrisy for emphasizing crimes by undocumented immigrants while largely ignoring this case.
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