{"id":1052878,"date":"2021-11-24T17:29:24","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T22:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1052878"},"modified":"2021-11-24T17:29:28","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T22:29:28","slug":"media-calls-waukesha-fatal-car-ramming-a-crash-they-called-2017-charlottesville-car-ramming-an-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-calls-waukesha-fatal-car-ramming-a-crash-they-called-2017-charlottesville-car-ramming-an-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Calls Waukesha Fatal Car-Ramming A \u2018Crash.\u2019 They Called 2017 Charlottesville Car-Ramming An \u2018Attack.\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmedia-calls-waukesha-fatal-car-ramming-a-crash-they-called-2017-charlottesville-car-ramming-an-attack%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1052878&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>After the horrific brutality in Waukesha, Wisconsin, in which a man rammed his SUV into marchers in a Christmas parade, causing the deaths of at least six people, including a small child and injuries to scores of others, many media outlets eschewed calling what happened an attack, instead using terms such as \u201cparade crash,\u201d or \u201cparade tragedy,\u201d unlike their coverage of the car-ramming at the 2017 Charlottesville rally which they commonly referred to as an \u201cattack.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of Waukesha, the Associated Press titled an <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/milwaukee-00641efceaf200ce2c3fbf5e5200be13\">article<\/a>, \u201cChild is 6th death in Waukesha parade crash; suspect charged.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As recently as November 8, the Associated Press referred to the 2017 Charlottesville occurrence when a man rammed his car into what AP called a peaceful group of protesters, killing one woman and dozens of others injured, as a \u201ccar attack,\u201d using the title \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/sports-violence-lawsuits-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-1e2d3e8ee3662494093ff9ebfc829a50\">Woman recalls total \u2018terror\u2019 of Charlottesville car attack<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, CBS News called the Waukesha car-ramming a \u201cdeadly Christmas parade crash.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">HAPPENING NOW: The man accused of deadly Christmas parade crash in Waukesha, WI makes his first court appearance. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/H9n7JKbYS7\">https:\/\/t.co\/H9n7JKbYS7<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ewQzezVAXH\">pic.twitter.com\/ewQzezVAXH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CBS News (@CBSNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBSNews\/status\/1463267656736378886?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In July 19, referring to the sentencing for Fields, CBS News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/james-alex-fields-jr-charlottesville-car-attack-sentenced-life-plus-419-years-today-2019-07-15\/\">titled an article<\/a>, \u201cMan gets life plus 419 years in deadly Charlottesville car attack.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A national correspondent for CBS News tweeted on Tuesday, \u201cBREAKING: Prosecutor: 6th person, a child, has died in deadly Wisconsin parade crash.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Prosecutor: 6th person, a child, has died in deadly Wisconsin parade crash.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Begnaud (@DavidBegnaud) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DavidBegnaud\/status\/1463271190726942732?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Sky News titled an <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/waukesha-parade-crash-darrell-brooks-in-court-charged-with-five-counts-of-intentional-homicide-12476884\">article<\/a>, \u201cWaukesha parade crash: [the suspect] in court charged with multiple homicides as child becomes sixth person to die.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sky News <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/white-supremacist-who-killed-charlottesville-protester-apologises-as-he-is-jailed-for-life-11751015\">June 2019<\/a>: \u201cCharlottesville car attack: White supremacist who killed protester jailed for life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/us\/live-news\/wisconsin-waukesha-christmas-parade-car-plow\/index.html\">CNN on Monday<\/a>: \u201cAt least 5 dead in parade tragedy, Waukesha city government confirms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/03\/27\/us\/james-fields-charlottesville\/index.html\">CNN March 2019<\/a>: \u201cCharlottesville car attacker pleads guilty to 29 hate crimes and avoids the death penalty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/media-waukesha-parade-tragedy\">Fox News<\/a> noted:<\/p>\n<p><em>PBS&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/arts\/waukesha-parade-crash-devastates-holiday-favorites-dancing-grannies\">previously wrote<\/a>&nbsp;\u201cWaukesha parade crash devastates holiday favorites \u2018Dancing Grannies.\u2019\u201d USA Today&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/videos\/news\/nation\/2021\/11\/23\/waukesha-parade-crash-suspects-arrest-recorded-doorbell-camera\/8738796002\/\">repeatedly wrote<\/a>&nbsp;about the \u201cWaukesha parade crash\u201d going so far as to label Brooks as the \u201cWaukesha parade crash suspect.\u201d Newsweek also updated news on the tragedy under the banner \u201cWaukesha Deadly Christmas Parade Crash.\u201d \u2026 CNN wrote about the charges in an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/11\/23\/us\/waukesha-car-parade-crowd-tuesday\/index.html\">article<\/a>&nbsp;titled \u201cA sixth victim has died after the deadly Waukesha Christmas parade crash, prosecutors say.\u201d HuffPo\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/darrell-brooks-waukesha-parade-crash_n_619d677ae4b0ae9a42a77d60\">coverage<\/a>&nbsp;read \u201cSuspect In Deadly Waukesha Parade Crash Charged With Intentional Homicide.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>CNN Breaking News tweeted, \u201cThe suspect in the deadly Waukesha parade crash has been charged with five counts of first-degree intentional homicide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The suspect in the deadly Waukesha parade crash has been charged with five counts of first-degree intentional homicide<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IHJZAvjzlX\">https:\/\/t.co\/IHJZAvjzlX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cnnbrk\/status\/1463270944265445378?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Media strategist Gabriella Hoffman commented, \u201cMedia outlets reducing vehicular mass killings to crashes is blatant news coverage malpractice. As someone who also had a loved one killed in a vehicular mass killing, the media downplayed it as a crash too. Waukesha victims &amp; families deserve better than this. C\u2019mon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Media outlets reducing vehicular mass killings to crashes is blatant news coverage malpractice. <\/p>\n<p>As someone who also had a loved one killed in a vehicular mass killing, the media downplayed it as a crash too. <\/p>\n<p>Waukesha victims &amp; families deserve better than this. <\/p>\n<p>C\u2019mon.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gabriella Hoffman (@Gabby_Hoffman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Gabby_Hoffman\/status\/1463286594014789634?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Conservative commentator Caleb Hull: \u201cIf you are referring to the Waukesha incident as a \u2018car crash\u2019 and the Charlottesville incident as a \u2018car attack,\u2019 we can all see what\u2019s going on here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If you are referring to the Waukesha incident as a &#8220;car crash&#8221; and the Charlottesville incident as a &#8220;car attack,&#8221; we can all see what&#8217;s going on here.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CalebJHull\/status\/1463555565280534532?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/criminal-complaint-alleges-waukesha-driver-had-no-emotion-appeared-to-rapidly-accelerate-into-crowd\">Criminal Complaint Alleges Waukesha Driver \u2018Had No Emotion,\u2019 \u2018Appeared To Rapidly Accelerate\u2019 Into Crowd<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the horrific brutality in Waukesha, Wisconsin, in which a man rammed his SUV into marchers in a Christmas parade, causing the deaths of at least six people, including a small child and injuries to scores of others, many media outlets eschewed calling what happened an attack, instead using terms such as \u201cparade crash,\u201d or \u201cparade tragedy,\u201d unlike their coverage of the car-ramming at the 2017 Charlottesville rally which they commonly referred to as an \u201cattack.\u201dOf Waukesha, the Associated Press titled an article, \u201cChild is 6th death in Waukesha parade crash; suspect charged.\u201dAs recently as November 8, the Associated Press referred to the 2017 Charlottesville occurrence when a man rammed his car into what AP called a peaceful group of protesters, killing one woman and dozens of others injured, as a \u201ccar attack,\u201d using the title \u201cWoman recalls total \u2018terror\u2019 of Charlottesville car attack.\u201dOn Tuesday, CBS News called the Waukesha car-ramming a \u201cdeadly Christmas parade crash.\u201dHAPPENING NOW: The man accused of deadly Christmas parade crash in Waukesha, WI makes his first court appearance. https:\/\/t.co\/H9n7JKbYS7 pic.twitter.com\/ewQzezVAXH\u2014 CBS News (@CBSNews) November 23, 2021In July 19, referring to the sentencing for Fields, CBS News titled an article, \u201cMan gets life plus 419 years in deadly Charlottesville car attack.\u201dA national correspondent for CBS News tweeted on Tuesday, \u201cBREAKING: Prosecutor: 6th person, a child, has died in deadly Wisconsin parade crash.\u201dBREAKING: Prosecutor: 6th person, a child, has died in deadly Wisconsin parade crash.\u2014 David Begnaud (@DavidBegnaud) November 23, 2021On Wednesday, Sky News titled an article, \u201cWaukesha parade crash: [the suspect] in court charged with multiple homicides as child becomes sixth person to die.\u201dSky News June 2019: \u201cCharlottesville car attack: White supremacist who killed protester jailed for life.\u201dCNN on Monday: \u201cAt least 5 dead in parade tragedy, Waukesha city government confirms.\u201dCNN March 2019: \u201cCharlottesville car attacker pleads guilty to 29 hate crimes and avoids the death penalty.\u201dFox News noted:PBS\u00a0previously wrote\u00a0\u201cWaukesha parade crash devastates holiday favorites \u2018Dancing Grannies.\u2019\u201d USA Today\u00a0repeatedly wrote\u00a0about the \u201cWaukesha parade crash\u201d going so far as to label Brooks as the \u201cWaukesha parade crash suspect.\u201d Newsweek also updated news on the tragedy under the banner \u201cWaukesha Deadly Christmas Parade Crash.\u201d \u2026 CNN wrote about the charges in an\u00a0article\u00a0titled \u201cA sixth victim has died after the deadly Waukesha Christmas parade crash, prosecutors say.\u201d HuffPo\u2019s\u00a0coverage\u00a0read \u201cSuspect In Deadly Waukesha Parade Crash Charged With Intentional Homicide.\u201dCNN Breaking News tweeted, \u201cThe suspect in the deadly Waukesha parade crash has been charged with five counts of first-degree intentional homicide.\u201dThe suspect in the deadly Waukesha parade crash has been charged with five counts of first-degree intentional homicidehttps:\/\/t.co\/IHJZAvjzlX\u2014 CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) November 23, 2021Media strategist Gabriella Hoffman commented, \u201cMedia outlets reducing vehicular mass killings to crashes is blatant news coverage malpractice. As someone who also had a loved one killed in a vehicular mass killing, the media downplayed it as a crash too. Waukesha victims &#038; families deserve better than this. C\u2019mon.\u201dMedia outlets reducing vehicular mass killings to crashes is blatant news coverage malpractice. As someone who also had a loved one killed in a vehicular mass killing, the media downplayed it as a crash too. Waukesha victims &#038; families deserve better than this. C\u2019mon.\u2014 Gabriella Hoffman (@Gabby_Hoffman) November 23, 2021Conservative commentator Caleb Hull: \u201cIf you are referring to the Waukesha incident as a \u2018car crash\u2019 and the Charlottesville incident as a \u2018car attack,\u2019 we can all see what\u2019s going on here.\u201dIf you are referring to the Waukesha incident as a &#8220;car crash&#8221; and the Charlottesville incident as a &#8220;car attack,&#8221; we can all see what&#8217;s going on here.\u2014 Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) November 24, 2021Related: Criminal Complaint Alleges Waukesha Driver \u2018Had No Emotion,\u2019 \u2018Appeared To Rapidly Accelerate\u2019 Into CrowdThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1052878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1052878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1052878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1052878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1052878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1052878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1052878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}