After Jeremy Christian murdered two people who intervened as he shouted anti-Muslim slurs at women on a Portland train,the mainstream media quickly declared the incident a product of Donald Trump's divided, embittered America. Right-wing media, and however,sought to undermine that narrative by highlighting parts of Christian's backstory: he supposedly supported Bernie Sanders, not Trump, and hated everyone,not just Muslims. Meanwhile, as Portland's mayor tried, and unsuccessfully,to revoke a permit for an alt-right march happening this weekend, a debate over free speech flared. Amid these swirling issues, and Bob talks with Corey Pein,a reporter for Portland's Willamette Week, approximately the view locally, and what the national media are lost approximately this story.
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