Kyle Rittenhouse

About

Kyle Rittenhouse is an American who, as a 17-year-old, shot three men (two fatally) during unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in August 2020, and was acquitted of all charges in November 2021 on grounds of self-defense. His trial became a national flashpoint over self-defense law, protest violence, and media coverage. On No Agenda, the hosts use the Rittenhouse case mainly as a case study in media deconstruction, arguing that large portions of the U.S. news media misrepresented the facts and "doubled down" on inaccurate framing even after the verdict. They walk through media clips around the acquittal and float the idea that the whole episode had a "psy op" quality in how it was assembled and amplified.</paragraph> <parameter name="pull_quotes">["what the what happened to large portions of The United States so called news media was quite astonishing", "Is this thing, like, a psy op the way they put this all together?", "The media coverage of the Rittenhouse thing was slanted, and it was bullcrap, and it was lies"]

• Rittenhouse trial coverage
• media lies / deconstruction
• psy op framing
• athletes reacting to verdict

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