Fox News’ double standards for protesters is again on display as it encourages the truckers in the Canadian convoy to block traffic, after previously encouraging violence against anti-Trump and Black Lives Matter protesters who did the same.
Most Canadians oppose the Ottawa protest; polling found that 70% of Canadians support to some extent a vaccine mandate for nonexempt adults. Additionally, there are 60 ongoing investigations into crimes allegedly committed by convoy participants. Despite these disruptions and reports of criminal activity, Fox News has fully supported the protest and has encouraged similar protests against vaccine mandates in the U.S.
In the past, Black Lives Matter protests resulted in an onslaught of negative coverage and vitriol from Fox News, which included highlighting arrests of protesters for blocking traffic. Fox Nation and some Fox personalities seemed to support people running over BLM activists, and other protesters opposing Trump and his immigration policies,