Denial and conspiracy theories: how rightwing media reacted to Trump's mob

Some outlets refused to acknowledge the president or the rioters did anything wrong, while others depicted it as an opportunity for Pence to overturn the election

Many institutions were brought to a crisis point by Wednesday's pro-Trump riot in Washington. One of them was conservative media.

If the bond between Donald Trump and his supporters has been a shared, paranoid hostility towards governing institutions, as well as the media and the left, this mindset has been promoted and nurtured by conservative media over decades.