Washington Post reporter Maura Judkis has come under scrutiny for a recent piece on retail theft, in which she appears to absolve the actual perpetrators of any blame.
Instead of holding the thieves accountable, Judkis points fingers at conservatives, downplays the severity of the crime issue, criticizes capitalism, and even asserts that the United States was founded on stolen land.
The article reads as if it were penned by an undergraduate student majoring in women’s studies at Oberlin College.
Breitbart News provides further insight:
‘America Is Built on Stolen Land’: Washington Post Blames Conservatives for Crime Surge ‘Moral Panic’
A new Washington Post report has garnered backlash for blaming empty store shelves on “capitalism” and referring to the surge in crime reports as a conservative-driven “moral panic.”
“America is a sticky-fingered nation built on stolen land, and its current moral panic is about shoplifting,” culture reporter Maura Judkis wrote in a Friday piece titled “The zombie CVS, a late-capitalism horror story.”
Judkis painted a story of a Washington, DC, CVS store that had been looted so much that almost nothing was left on the shelves before it eventually closed down in February.
… instead of pointing the finger at the culprits of these crimes, Judkis complained that conservatives had used the uptick in crime to criticize liberal-run cities.
“It became a horror story of Late Capitalism,” the Washington Post report stated, adding that “the empty CVS had somehow become a stand-in for all that is wrong with American cities — and liberals (and liberal democracy?) — in 2024.”
The issue of retail theft is not a new one, and its impact has been well documented.
The shelves of CVS in Columbia Heights (in DC) have been empty for over a year.
Street vendors a few inches away from this CVS store openly resell the stolen items at cheaper rates.
CVS just announced that this location is permanently closing next month.
On this same block in… pic.twitter.com/GoZTe4nDj7
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) January 24, 2024
Michael Malice’s comment on the matter is particularly incisive.
Corporate journalist @maurajudkis–who is a literal demon–tries to frame this empty CVS as a function of “capitalism.”
“The reasons this particular CVS’s shelves have been empty are complex,” claims the demon.
propaganda here:https://t.co/dQ96IWFClM pic.twitter.com/UawJc2v1sF
— Michael Malice (@michaelmalice) March 1, 2024
Despite the clear evidence, the left continues to turn a blind eye to the reality of this issue. They persistently refuse to hold criminals accountable for their actions.
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