Who's rioting in Portland and why?
From the research sources examining where on the political spectrum news reporting agencies fall, the Washington Post typically is considered definitely left wing. This article from Washington Post reports that the rioters are primarily far left extremists. So if the Washington post is biased toward Progressivism, we would expect it to tend to blame the riots on right wingers, not left-wingers. The fact that it reports the riots as primarily coming from the left-wing then suggests that we can have little doubt that the Portland rioting is a left wing phenomenon. From the Washington Post, 1.23.2020, " Destructive protests by anarchists and extremists signal divided left as Biden administration begins:" The hundreds of far-left and anarchist demonstrators who gathered in protest mere hours after President Biden swore the oath of office Wednesday signal a fracturing on the left that could become a scourge for the new administration, political leaders and experts say.… Por...