Dr. Phil says legacy media is 'creating criminals' by distorting LA riot coverage

Dr. Phil blamed the media for "encouraging" the ongoing anti-ICE riots successful Los Angeles Thursday.

On "The Real Story," the speech amusement big shared aggregate photos and videos of chaos from the riots successful L.A., and juxtaposed it with however members of the media person worked to downplay it. 

"Your eyes don’t deceive you, but the media does," helium said. 

In 1 clip, helium showed CNN big Dana Bash downplaying what is happening successful L.A. successful examination to 1992, saying, "That was a existent riot."

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Dr. Phil slammed media sum of the riots successful Los Angeles implicit ICE deportations. (Dr. Phil Primetime YouTube channel)

"Guess this isn’t a existent riot," Dr. Phil quipped sarcastically.

He proceeded to stock a video of MSNBC interviewing Rep. Judy Chu, D-Calif., with a divided surface of cars connected occurrence arsenic she referred to the riot arsenic a "manufactured crisis." Dr. Phil retorted that MSNBC’s quality sum is what’s really "manufactured." 

He mocked 1 MSNBC newsman saying the protestation had a "celebratory atmosphere," portion different big said that these are "peaceful" protests that full families are attending. 

"Great spot to instrumentality kids," Dr. Phil joked with much sarcasm. "I don’t deliberation so."

After showing aggregate examples of convulsive criminals rounded up by ICE, helium said, "Look, this was not a witch hunt to circular up ‘Abuela Maria.’ It's instrumentality enforcement getting criminals disconnected the street. 

"So what does the near do? Encourages everyone to go criminals by blocking freeways, mounting fires, throwing rocks, destroying metropolis spot and attacking national agents."

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Protesters face Los Angeles constabulary section unit successful riot cogwheel successful downtown Los Angeles connected Monday, June 9, 2025.  (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)

"The existent story? This isn’t conscionable astir immigration, it’s astir media betrayal."

He continued, "This isn't conscionable a protestation anymore. Everybody has the close to protest, that's 1 of the things that makes this state specified a fantastic spot to be. This is simply a question fed by media distortions and unfastened hostility toward immoderate effort to enforce the law."

The big argued that rhetoric astir abolishing ICE is conscionable arsenic nonsensical arsenic calling to abolish the police, and is functionally conscionable advocating for unfastened borders. 

He past highlighted MSNBC's Jacob Soboroff arsenic a "so-called ‘journalist’ making the lawsuit that there’s thing incorrect with coming and staying successful the US illegally."

"The media isn't conscionable rewarding atrocious behaviour by sugarcoating it, [they’re] encouraging it," Dr. Phil said aft the clip. "They're really saying, ‘Hey, this is okay.’ They're creating criminals. They're lying to viewers, adjacent though the video speaks for itself."

A protester places debris successful a occurrence arsenic Border Patrol unit successful riot cogwheel and state masks basal defender extracurricular an concern parkland successful Paramount, Calif., connected Saturday, June 7, 2025.  (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)

"This is wherefore mainstream media viewership has tanked," helium added. "If you privation the truth, you request to look for the truth, find it, request it, it's retired there. You request to chopped done the bequest media noise."

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