{"id":352559,"date":"2021-03-30T18:16:06","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T22:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=352559"},"modified":"2021-03-30T18:16:11","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T22:16:11","slug":"the-media-made-nick-sandmann-a-villian-for-standing-still-but-couldnt-care-less-about-mohammad-anwar-we-all-know-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-media-made-nick-sandmann-a-villian-for-standing-still-but-couldnt-care-less-about-mohammad-anwar-we-all-know-why\/","title":{"rendered":"The Media Made Nick Sandmann A Villian For Standing Still, But Couldn\u2019t Care Less About Mohammad Anwar. We All Know Why"},"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\">42<\/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%2Fthe-media-made-nick-sandmann-a-villian-for-standing-still-but-couldnt-care-less-about-mohammad-anwar-we-all-know-why%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=352559&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-4631.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>In January 2019, Covington Catholic High School student Nick Sandmann became an overnight infamous household name after a video of his interaction with Native American activist Nathan Phillips went viral.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cOn Saturday, a video went viral, seemingly showing a group of Catholic high school students confronting and harassing a Native American protester who appeared to be peacefully playing a drum, but by Saturday night it was clear the confrontation wasn\u2019t the end of the story,\u201d the Daily Wire <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/heres-what-you-need-know-about-confrontation-emily-zanotti\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a><span> at the time.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe three-minute video was posted online by a group of Native American protesters who claimed they were harassed and intimidated by a group of Covington Catholic High School students waiting for their bus near the Lincoln Memorial. The video is heavily clipped at the beginning and end, and shows only an apparent \u2018confrontation\u2019 between a protester named Nathan Phillips and a Make America Great Again-hat wearing teen.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Despite it becoming clear that the Covington High School students were actually the victims of racial slurs, with a group of Black Hebrew Israelites calling the students \u201cfa***ts,\u201d with Phillips apparently lying about the so-called \u201cconfrontation,\u201d the legacy media rallied to portray the students \u2014 and Nick Sandmann in particular \u2014 as guilty of a hate crime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On CNN\u2019s website, Nick Sandmann is mentioned in 30 articles, including the presumptive headline \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/01\/21\/opinions\/march-for-life-maga-hat-teens-native-american-protest-morson\/index.html\"><span>March For Life teen\u2019s confrontation with Native American reveals an ugly divide<\/span><\/a><span>.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Washington Post mentioned Nick Sandmann <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/newssearch\/?query=nick%20sandmann&amp;btn-search=&amp;sort=Relevance&amp;datefilter=All%20Since%202005\"><span>52 times<\/span><\/a><span>, and the New York Times mentioned him <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/search?query=nick+sandmann\"><span>11 times<\/span><\/a><span> since early 2019. Covington Catholic High School is referenced <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/newssearch\/?query=covington%20catholic%20high%20school&amp;btn-search=&amp;sort=Relevance&amp;datefilter=All%20Since%202005\"><span>92 times<\/span><\/a><span> by the Washington Post, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/search?dropmab=true&amp;query=Covington%20Catholic%20High%20School&amp;sort=best&amp;suggestTrigger=covington%20\"><span>169 times<\/span><\/a><span> by the New York Times.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>At the time, prominent figures on the Left also came out in vocal condemnation of Nick Sandmann, such as an SNL comedian <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/snl-writer-offers-blowjobs-anyone-who-will-punch-paul-bois\"><span>saying<\/span><\/a><span> \u201cI will blow whoever manages to punch that maga kid in the face,\u201d Alyssa Milano <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/alyssa-milano-weighs-covington-catholic-story-james-barrett\"><span>concluding<\/span><\/a><span> that \u201cThe red MAGA hat is the new white hood,\u201d and Reza Aslan <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/haworth-i-have-dream-or-punchable-face-you-cant-ian-haworth\"><span>saying<\/span><\/a><span> that Sandmann had a \u201cpunchable face.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Conversely, in the same city in March 2021, a 66-year-old Uber Eats driver was killed after being thrown from his vehicle after two teenage girls \u2014 aged 13 and 15 \u2014 reportedly used a stun gun against him and stole his car. The incident was also caught on video, showing Anwar\u2019s crumpled body on the sidewalk, as the two teenage girls appeared to show more concern for their phones than the man left dead on the street.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Nick Sandmann was not guilty of any crime, while these two teenage girls \u2014 whose names have not been released \u2014 appear to have murdered an innocent man after assaulting him and stealing his car. Surely, in terms of objective reporting, Mohammad Anwar\u2019s murder deserves far more scrutiny and coverage?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>However, a search for \u201cMohammad Anwar\u201d on CNN yields one result, relating to an article that was shared on<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ighaworth\/status\/1375950442845310981\"> <span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><span> as \u201cPolice said the girls, 13 and 15, assaulted an Uber Eats driver with a Taser while carjacking him, which led to an accident in which he was fatally injured.\u201d Similarly, the Washington Post provides <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/newssearch\/?query=mohammad%20anwar&amp;btn-search=&amp;sort=Relevance&amp;datefilter=All%20Since%202005\"><span>one article<\/span><\/a><span> dedicated to the incident, reporting \u201cGirls, 13 and 15, charged with murder after alleged carjacking in D.C.\u201d The New York Times has made<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/search?query=mohammad+anwar\"> <span>no mention<\/span><\/a><span> of Anwar, according to their website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Thanks to the media, the death of Mohammad Anwar will remain hidden from the majority of the country. There won\u2019t be any marches for him, no furious protests, and no concerned phone calls from Joe Biden or Kamala Harris.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The same celebrities who jostled to condemn Nick Sandmann for the crime of standing still are now as silent as the disinterested media who \u2014 without a racially convenient perpetrator \u2014 have immediately moved on.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>All that matters to the media is whether they can use the skin color of victims and\/or alleged perpetrators to promote the narrative of systemic and unrepentant white supremacy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>For them, Mohammad Anwar\u2019s alleged killers don\u2019t fit the bill, and so he has been immediately forgotten.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Ian Haworth is an Editor and Writer for The Daily Wire. Follow him on Twitter at <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ighaworth\"><i><span>@ighaworth<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>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 <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In January 2019, Covington Catholic High School student Nick Sandmann became an overnight infamous household name after a video of his interaction with Native American activist Nathan Phillips went viral.\u201cOn &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311416,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-4631.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"The Media Made Nick Sandmann A Villian For Standing Still, But Couldn\u2019t Care Less About Mohammad Anwar. 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