Anti-ICE terrorist arrested after New York City federal building firebombing (screenshots via ABC)

If you spend any time on social media, you will see people sometimes say that you don’t hate the media enough. This story is an example of why people say that.

As the Gateway Pundit reported earlier today, an individual deployed an explosive device outside 26 Federal Plaza in New York City. The person was caught and it was immediately apparent that this individual is virulently anti-ICE.

Here’s how NBC News framed the story. This is a headline for the ages:

Terrorist tries to blow up ICE HQ in NYC

NBC: pic.twitter.com/AJONlf7eK9

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) July 20, 2026

Fireworks.

This is why no one likes the media. This is why no one trusts the media.

CBS News did something similar. Take a look:

Fiery but mostly peaceful pic.twitter.com/TqUvloz0gV

— mark (@rhapsodyboard) July 20, 2026

Everyone knows why they do this. It’s to protect leftists.

This is how you know a Leftist committed the terrorism.

Mainstream media calls it “fireworks” instead of an attempted bombing.

Just like when Trump was shot in Butler and they called it “popping sounds”. https://t.co/CfVyEZM1II

— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) July 20, 2026

ABC 7 in California did a much better job and described it as an incendiary device.

#BREAKING: A man with a history of anti-ICE activity set off an "incendiary device" outside a Manhattan federal building that houses an immigration court, authorities said. The suspect had an incendiary device, a pellet gun and a sign reading "ICE Off Our Streets," FBI Assistant… pic.twitter.com/5ecPSJ8q31

— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) July 20, 2026

And yet the media complains when Trump or others call them an enemy of the people.

https://t.co/LqMHF0ow1W pic.twitter.com/Sg5cF4ypTh

— Joyce (@Trefejoy4) July 20, 2026

@FCC @BrendanCarrFCC enough of this. @NBCNews needs to have their license pulled. When is it enough? When do people finally end the lies? https://t.co/za1EVbMVdP

— Barbara (@bumblebugz41) July 20, 2026

This attack was an act of terrorism. If our news media was actually news, that is the way they all would have described it, but they’re not news. They’re left wing propaganda.

Mike LaChance Mike LaChance has been covering higher education and politics for Legal Insurrection since 2012. Since 2008 he has contributed work to the Gateway Pundit, Daily Caller, Breitbart, the Center for Security Policy, the Washington Free Beacon, and Ricochet. He has also written for American Lookout, Townhall, and Twitchy.

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