This dawned on me pretty quickly throughout the day. I was switching between live streams of those there and NTD/RSBN coverage. When I started getting MSM news alerts, every headline seemed egregiously exaggerated, a stark contrast to what I was watching in real time. They claimed thousands were storming the building and that just wasn't the case as the bulk of supporters weren't even congregated in the area. And the crowds that were there, I watched many walking away.

It also became clear when SM only had certain pictures (the suspiciously professional, staged candids) circulating.

Watching the debate, staffers were running in and out & shouting to lock the doors. That's when I realised that the pantomime had begun. I did not anticipate so much hysteria in the days following, I guess I've always underestimated their ability to run with blatant lies. I also came across this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_storming_of_the_United_States_Capitol It is BRIMMING with lies. According to this, hoards of people were shouting "hang mike pence"? They are so desperate to distort the truth. I wonder when they created this wiki cos it seems ppl were frothing at the mouth to forge a different series of events. But as OP rightly put it, they wanted death and destruction, they welcomed a rampage to provide some visuals to their premeditated articles but they definitely didn't get it

This dawned on my pretty quickly throughout the day. I was switching between live streams of those there and NTD/RSBN coverage. When I started getting MSM news alerts, every headline seemed egregiously exaggerated, a stark contrast to what I was watching in real time. They claimed thousands were storming the building and that just wasn't the case as the bulk of supporters weren't even congregated in the area. And the crowds that was there, I watched many walking away.

It also became clear when SM only had certain pictures (the suspiciously professional, staged candids) circulating.

Watching the debate, staffers were running in and out & shouting to lock the doors. That's when I realised that the pantomime had begun. I did not anticipate so much hysteria in the days following, I guess I've always underestimated their ability to run with blatant lies. I also came across this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_storming_of_the_United_States_Capitol It is BRIMMING with lies. According to this, hoards of people were shouting "hang mike pence"? They are so desperate to distort the truth. I wonder when they created this wiki cos it seems ppl were frothing at the mouth to forge a different series of events. But as OP rightly put it, they wanted death and destruction, they welcomed a rampage to provide some visuals to their premeditated articles but they definitely didn't get it.