On Monday, NBC’s Today devoted a nearly three-minute report to stoking fears that Donald Trump’s supporters could cause violence if the Republican nominee is defeated in November, while only offering a scant 39 seconds of air time to a GOP campaign office in North Carolina being firebombed over the weekend.

Teasing the story on Trump voters, co-host Savannah Guthrie warned: “Just ahead, claims of a rigged system, calls for revolution. The very real worries about what might happen after election day.” In the segment that followed minutes later, correspondent Hallie Jackson proclaimed: “It’s not all of Donald Trump's supporters, but some, who are now talking more about rising up or a revolt, seizing on Trump's rhetoric about a rigged system.”

The headline on screen throughout the report blared: “‘Revolution’ Calls Jolt Presidential Race; Growing Concern as Campaign Tone Turns Dark.”

Jackson fretted: “How many steps is it from ‘rigged’....to a revolution? With Donald Trump intensifying his argument the system isn't fair, growing concern from his critics about why that's so dangerous.” The reporter had the audacity to feature a sound bite from left-wing HBO host Bill Maher to lecture viewers on civility: “If you have that mindset, and then he loses, what happens?”

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In July, Maher referred to Republicans as “retarded Nazis” who plan to force immigrants into “boxcars.”

It was precisely that kind of rhetoric that was employed by the criminals who firebombed the Republican Party office in North Carolina. Co-host Matt Lauer noted the incident in a 22-second news brief at the top of the 7:30 a.m. ET half hour:

The FBI is assisting the investigation into a weekend firebombing of a Republican Party office in Orange County, North Carolina. Someone threw a bottle of flammable liquid through a window, that sparked a fire. Graffiti that read, “Nazi Republicans, leave town or else,” was also found on a nearby building. No suspects have been identified.

In addition to those mere seconds of coverage, correspondent Peter Alexander offered a 17-second mention of the attack during an earlier report: “Republicans divided and now under attack. A GOP office in North Carolina firebombed, a nearby building vandalized. So far, no arrests, but Trump blames ‘Animals representing Hillary Clinton and Democrats.’ Clinton condemning the attack as ‘horrific and unacceptable.’”

Notice how that reporting focused on Trump’s comments more than the actual crime. At the top of the show, Lauer declared: “Out on a limb? Donald Trump ratchets up claims the election is rigged....And after the Republican headquarters in North Carolina is firebombed, Trump points the finger at, quote, ‘Animals representing Hillary Clinton.’ Are his accusations and attacks having any impact?”

In sharp contrast to NBC, both ABC’s Good Morning America and CBS This Morning provided full reports on the firebombing.

Here is a full transcript of Jackson’s October 17 report: