{"id":1196298,"date":"2022-01-07T09:04:37","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T14:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1196298"},"modified":"2022-01-07T09:04:40","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T14:04:40","slug":"cbs-news-hides-poll-showing-most-americans-believe-january-6-a-protest-that-went-too-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cbs-news-hides-poll-showing-most-americans-believe-january-6-a-protest-that-went-too-far\/","title":{"rendered":"CBS News Hides Poll Showing Most Americans Believe January 6 a &#039;Protest that Went Too Far&#039;"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fcbs-news-hides-poll-showing-most-americans-believe-january-6-a-protest-that-went-too-far%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=1196298&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 class=\"subheading\">CBS News has been taking flack for burying a YouGov poll showing a majority of Americans believe the January 6 Capitol Hill riot resulted from a \u201cprotest that went too far\u201d rather than a coordinated insurrection.<\/p>\n<p>While neither favorable toward Democrats or Republicans, the <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1QNzK7xBJeWzKlTrHVobLgyFtId9Cgsq_\/view\">YouGov poll <\/a>did show that while Americans have strong opinions about what happened on January 6, they were at least united in the idea the day was not an attack on Democracy by Trump-supporting terrorists.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Polling 2,063 U.S. adults with a margin of error&nbsp;\u00b12.6 percent, the poll showed that 76 percent of Americans believed January 6 was a \u201cprotest that went too far\u201d while 55 percent of those polled believed it to be an insurrection; 63 percent believed the riot was to overturn the election and keep Trump in power.<\/p>\n<p>The poll further showed there was a bipartisan consensus among those who believed the January 6 riot was \u201ca protest that went too far\u201d \u2013 80 percent of Republicans, 69 percent of Democrats, and 80 percent of Independents.&nbsp; However, the graphic shared by CBS News displayed only the other options, leaving out the majority opinions.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">One year later, Republicans are far more likely to call what happened at the Capitol on January 6, 2021 &#8220;patriotism&#8221; or &#8220;defending freedom&#8221; than trying to overthrow the government or an insurrection <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fOPMWveNyZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/fOPMWveNyZ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/s3uKKseb5q\">pic.twitter.com\/s3uKKseb5q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kathryn Watson (@kathrynw5) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kathrynw5\/status\/1479102134712897548?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>When describing the poll, CBS News gave the majority opinion only a passing mention.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDescriptions of what happened are also similar to how they were a year ago after it happened. [Emphasis added]&nbsp;<strong>People widely call it a protest that went too far<\/strong>, but how much further becomes more partisan,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/january-6-opinion-poll-2022\/\">CBS News<\/a>. \u201cMost Americans \u2014 including most Democrats, but just a fifth of Republicans \u2014 call it an insurrection and describe it as an attempt to overturn the election and the government.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16272770\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Violence.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16272770\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Violence.jpg\" alt=\"Pro-Trump supporters storm the US Capitol following a rally with President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. Trump supporters gathered in the nation&#039;s capital today to protest the ratification of President-elect Joe Biden&#039;s Electoral College victory over President Trump in the 2020 election. (Photo by Samuel Corum\/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Protestors storm the U.S. Capitol following a rally on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Samuel Corum\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>As the Democrats grandstanded throughout the anniversary of January 6, with Vice President Kamala Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/01\/06\/kamala-harris-slammed-for-comparing-jan-6-riot-to-9-11-and-pearl-harbor\/\">equating the day<\/a> with Pearl Harbor, Breitbart News\u2019 John Nolte <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/06\/nolte-dying-corporate-media-fail-to-gaslight-public-with-january-6-hysteria\/\">highlighted how<\/a> the establishment media has tried (and failed) to gaslight Americans into buying the insurrection talking point:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>For a whole year, the corporate media have been plotting and scheming with the backing of a kangaroo congressional inquiry along with billions and billions of corporate dollars\u2026 And still, this narrative has failed entirely.<\/p>\n<p>No one cares.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/01\/06\/us\/politics\/jan-6-capitol-riot-aftermath.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Poll<\/a>&nbsp;after&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/polls-suggest-trump-and-the-gops-efforts-to-downplay-jan-6-has-worked-2021-12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">poll<\/a>&nbsp;after&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/jan-6-anniversary-poll-share-of-trump-voters-who-believe-biden-won-fair-and-square-falls-to-9-percent-amid-declining-trust-in-us-democracy-100017416.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">poll<\/a>&nbsp;after&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/americans-faith-election-integrity-drops-poll\/story?id=82069876\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">poll<\/a>&nbsp;backs up the fact that no one freakin\u2019 cares.<\/p>\n<p>The American people know what happened on January 6. They know a protest against vote fraud got out of hand when a bunch of idiots turned violent. They know that\u2019s the extent of it and that the people responsible are being punished\u2014end of story.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>People on social media did not let CBS off the hook for burying the poll that showed Americans were united on an important front:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">imo, \u201ctrying to overthrow the govt\u201d and \u201can insurrection\u201d are just as dumb as the other two options. These are all highly flawed political caricatures (cooked up by CBS journos) that Americans should not have to choose between. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G18TudzxNd\">https:\/\/t.co\/G18TudzxNd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Geoffrey Ingersoll (@GPIngersoll) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GPIngersoll\/status\/1479126564780580864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">These motherfuckers, man. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LRC4T2b22z\">https:\/\/t.co\/LRC4T2b22z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Noam Blum (@neontaster) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/neontaster\/status\/1479110496439599106?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;A riot&#8221; isn&#8217;t one of the choices. It&#8217;s also the only accurate choice. This poll sucks. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yDiLyH1YB1\">https:\/\/t.co\/yDiLyH1YB1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 jimtreacher.substack.com (@jtLOL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jtLOL\/status\/1479124741168541712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CBS News has been taking flack for burying a YouGov poll showing a majority of Americans believe the January 6 Capitol Hill riot resulted from a \u201cprotest that went too &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"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-1196298","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\/1196298","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\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1196298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1196298\/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=1196298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1196298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1196298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}