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Now here's today's news, discerned differently.

A free speech demonstration staged by conservatives in San Francisco on Saturday

was attacked by several hundred counter-protesters.

An Associated Press photographer witnessed a Trump supporter being taken away in an ambulance.

When demonstrators threw glass bottles and plastic water bottles over police barricades at the group, the event was canceled.

The event's organizer posted photos of his bloody mouth with a front tooth missing and another dangling loose.

The San Francisco Police Department said three officers were assaulted with pepper spray and caustic chemicals.

One was taken away to a local hospital for treatment. In other news, Twitter and Facebook blocked

users last week from sharing a New York Post article, making damaging claims about Democratic

presidential candidate Joe Biden's son. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said his company had been

wrong to block the links, but Twitter still refuses to unlock the post's account unless it

deletes posts about its reporting on this issue. Freedom of speech and trust in the media are more

threatened today than any time in my lifetime.

Three issues are at work here, each of which is enormously significant for all Americans.

1. Media Bias

An exhaustive new survey by Gallup and the Knight Foundation found deepening pessimism and further

partisan entrenchment about how the news media delivers on its democratic mandate for factual,

trustworthy information. They note that 86% of Americans see political bias in the news. According to 73% of us, this lack of objectivity is a

major problem in our society. Here's where the survey is especially illuminating. 71% of Republicans

have a very or somewhat unfavorable opinion of the news media, but only 22% of Democrats share this view.

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