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It all started with a poorly researched hit piece in the Daily Beast. Then it escalated quickly. However, it appears the attacks on the opposition or investigative journalists that were prevalent in the Obama administration will resume under Joe Biden. Remember when the Associated Press was spied on and James Rosen was threatened both by Eric Holder’s DOJ? Today, it is BlazeTV’s Elijah Schaffer.
In the Beast’s never-ending mission to smear Republicans and conservatives for sport, they pounced on a tweet from Schaffer during the riots at the Capitol on Wednesday. Schaffer had been in the thick of the protests and riots all summer, providing commentary and video footage. Numerous media outlets have used his footage. It was critical in reconstructing events around the shooting in Kenosha, Wisc., that involved Kyle Rittenhouse.