Fondacaro noted that “NBC Nightly News” began the segment with anchor Lester Holt reporting that Trump re-tweeted “an inflammatory video made during a protest” in St. Louis. ST. LOUIS COUPLE DRAW WEAPONS ON PROTESTERS HEADED TO MAYOR'S HOUSE: REPORT“Chief White House correspondent Jon Karl also insisted Trump’s retweet was a way to ‘rally his base with racially incendiary rhetoric,’” Fondacaro observed. While “NBC Nightly News” and ABC’s “World News Tonight” reportedly missed some details, other news organizations covered the entire story. “Proving themselves to be better journalists than either Karl or Welker, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, a local newspaper, reported that St. Louis police were investigating the mob for “trespassing and fourth-degree assault by intimidation,” Fondacaro wrote. The pair called the St. Louis Police Department shortly before 7:30 p.m. Sunday.
Source: Fox News June 30, 2020 15:06 UTC