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Salon
Salon
Politics
Dan Froomkin

FOUND: How the capitol police enabled jan 6 - You Need To See This

This article originally appeared at Press Watch, an independent site that monitors and critiques American political coverage. Used by permission.

The news media's continuing failure to explore why the U.S. Capitol was so scantily defended against an angry horde of white Trump supporters on Jan. 6, 2021, has now been compounded by the House select committee's refusal to connect the most obvious dots or ask the most vital questions.

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