Aligned Analysis from @CSIS

The @washingtonpost has a big story claiming a massive rise in right wing terrorism.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2021/domestic-terrorism-data/?itid=hp-top-table-main

However,">https://www.washingtonpost.com/investiga... the data tells us that attacks have been declining since 2016. Why did they claim the opposite?
Here& #39;s the ADL& #39;s data on extremist-related killings.
Here& #39;s the @CSIS data in the @washingtonpost showing a massive uptick in right wing terrorism (yellow dots).
Why the difference?

@CSIS and the @washingtonpost included plots (a dysphemism for online chatter).

Basically, they counted messageboard and messaging & #39;plots& #39; as actual attacks.
@CSIS knew what they were doing.

They have the same data as the ADL on the declining number of real attacks.

Instead, they fudged the numbers to fit a narrative.
This narrative is going to get LOTS of media and Twitter replay over the next week. The feature-length coverage the @washingtonpost gave to it guarantees it.
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