Reporters ‘experience crime’, so media won’t deny DC problem: Byron York
Byron York, chief political correspondent for the Washington Examiner, highlights the “nuanced” media coverage of crime in Washington, D.C., especially considering President Donald Trump’s recent decision to deploy the National Guard to assist local law enforcement. York points out that many reporters now live across various neighborhoods in the city, including some experiencing significant crime, wich influences their acknowledgment of the problem. He notes that while journalists may have previously resided in safer, wealthier areas, changing demographics and gentrification have led to a more realistic perspective on crime.
York cites specific issues such as the spike in carjackings between 2022 and 2023 and the resulting actions by the D.C. attorney general who urged automakers Kia and Hyundai to recall vulnerable vehicle models. The city and nearby Arlington county have responded by offering free anti-theft devices to residents. York supports Trump’s approach to combating crime as practical and more effective, mentioning that the FBI has already made multiple arrests related to the initiative since the National Guard deployment.
Byron York says media won’t deny DC problem since reporters ‘experience crime’
Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York noted the “nuanced” coverage of crime in Washington, D.C., as reporters reconcile their own experiences with crime.
York referred to the coverage of President Donald Trump’s announcement on Aug. 11 that he’d be deploying the National Guard to the capital to assist law enforcement in combating crime. These guardsmen arrived on Tuesday and will remain in the district for at least 30 days.
During Fox News’s The Ingraham Angle on Tuesday, York explained that the majority of reporters “lived in the most expensive and safest neighborhood in Washington.” However, that “changed over the years” as reporters “spread all around the city in gentrifying neighborhoods.”
“[T]here is a little more nuanced reaction among a number of reporters who live in Washington, D.C. And that is the difference,” York said. “They experience crime. They know people who experience crime. They are looking at this and saying, ‘I can’t go out there and say this is not a problem because it is a problem.’”
From 2022 to 2023, the district had a huge carjacking problem, York explained. The attorney general for the District of Columbia wrote letters asking automakers Kia and Hyundai to recall models released between 2011 and 2021 because they were, as York described, “too easy to steal.”
At the time, Mayor Muriel Bowser and the Metropolitan Police Department offered residents who owned a 2011 through 2021 Kia or Hyundai vehicle a free anti-theft steering wheel lock. Arlington County, a neighboring county to the district, offered a similar device to its residents.
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“When people look at what Trump is doing, they are saying this is much more likely to work,” York said.
FBI Director Kash Patel said the bureau made 10 arrests in the nation’s capital as of Tuesday evening.
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