Our social media has been awash with stories of harassment and bad behavior in the wake of the unlikely election of Donald Trump. Most recently, the Jussie Smollett assault hoax captivated the nation as the purported hate crime was embraced as hard news by many media outlets around the country.

The details in Smollett’s account brought suspicion to its veracity immediately for anybody willing to look at the story on its merits, but for too many, their confirmation bias nudged it into the “true” category prematurely. For a rather thin and flawed tale, the Smollett “assault” gained a lot of mileage in this country.

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Rarely are the stories of assaults against Trump supporters reported on with such fervor. They may get cursory attention from local outlets and perhaps a nod from a national organization, but there is almost never a national media firestorm over such events.

In the last few weeks, two such cases have come to light.

First, a young man wearing a MAGA hat in Falmouth was allegedly assaulted by a woman in a Mexican restaurant. The incident was caught on video. In it, Rosiane Santos, 41, is seen pulling 23-year-old Bryton Turner’s hat over his face and taunting him. Turner told the Herald that Santos confronted him in the restaurant right away. Santos was arrested Feb. 15 for assault and battery and disorderly conduct.

The Herald’s Howie Carr later reported that Santos was taken into ICE custody because she was a citizen of Brazil and had overstayed her tourist visa in 1994.

This week, another man was assaulted in another blue state. Prosecutors in Franklin Township, N.J., say an 81-year-old man was assaulted inside a supermarket because he was wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat. He sustained minor injuries and authorities are looking for a suspect.

Neither of these stories became the focus of the national media, though both would surely be considered “newsy” in any newsroom in any other era. But this is the era of Trump, and the narrative has been set by the activist media: President Trump has swept in a wave of violence.

No other narrative will be considered.

The truth is that Trump supporters have been the victims of violence since the campaign began.

On June 3, 2016, a Washington Post headline read, “Ugly, bloody scenes in San Jose as protesters attack Trump supporters outside rally.” The article recounts that, “Protesters jumped on cars, pelted Trump supporters with eggs and water balloons, snatched signs and stole ‘Make America Great’ hats off supporters’ heads before burning the hats and snapping selfies with the charred remains. Several people were caught on camera punching Trump supporters.”

Videos surfaced showing men and women being assaulted, trapped like rats by their assailants.

Had the victims been Hillary supporters we can imagine what the media coverage would have been like. Strangely, though, these events never seem to receive the wall-to-wall coverage or launch the “national conversation” that the Smollett case did. Indeed, we would wager that few people remember the incident.

Attacks against Trump supporters are all over Twitter and Youtube and are just a Google search away. We understand the national media consider themselves this president’s opposition, but their lack of balanced coverage degrades their credibility and misinforms the public. Maybe instead of getting together to editorialize against President Trump, they could resolve to do better.