Seeming to place the responsibility on Donald Trump, CBS This Morning on Wednesday pointedly noted that protesters in Phoenix didn’t become violent until after the President spoke. Reporting from the scene, journalist Carter Evans observed, “This is where thousands of protesters and Trump supporters were gathered before the rally. They were very vocal, but largely peaceful.”

He added, “All of that changed, however, after the President spoke. And a small group of protesters ignored police orders to leave.” The journalist eventually explained, “Police used tear gas to clear the streets of largely anti-Trump protesters after the President's rally.”

In a tweet, Reuters spun the violent protesters this way: “Pro-Trump supporters face off with peace activists during protests outside a Trump rally in Phoenix.” Facing off with peace activists?

In an earlier segment, co-host Chip Reid sounded a bit wounded as he related Trump’s attacks on the media:

I've covered a lot of President Trump's rallies, and I don't think I've ever seen him this angry. At one point, he pointed directly at the media platform with dozens of cameras that were there and called us bad and sick people.

Over on NBC, Wednesday, Today reporter Kristen Welker called the President’s speech a “tirade.” On ABC, analyst Matt Dowd sneered that Trump hates the media because he has a “real problem” with the First Amendment.

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