If Fox News were our only source of reporting on Seattle's Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, which sprung up last week as part of the ongoing nationwide protests against police brutality, we'd all be terrified out of our minds. The Murdoch-owned  channel has gone out of its way to demonize CHAZ — Photoshopping images of one dude with an AR-15 all over its coverage, misusing photos of buildings that were burning elsewhere, even mistaking a Monty Python skit for disagreement within CHAZ ranks. 

Luckily, this is 2020 — and the same culture of smartphones that brought police killings to light in the first place can also be applied to misunderstood zones of protest. Here, let's take a walk through CHAZ's six square blocks of police-free anarchy. Note the families with strollers, the bikes, the free burgers, the $6 hot dogs, the voter registration booths. Note the lack of guns, ID checks at the barriers, or anything that feels remotely threatening. Read more...