Yes, there are transcripts[1] that make clear that the media were not being honest. Let's take the very first line of the link you've provided:

> President Trump defended the white nationalists who protested in Charlottesville on Tuesday, saying they included “some very fine people,”

He did no such thing:

> THE PRESIDENT: Those people — all of those people –excuse me, I’ve condemned neo-Nazis. I’ve condemned many different groups. But not all of those people were neo-Nazis, believe me. Not all of those people were white supremacists by any stretch. Those people were also there because they wanted to protest the taking down of a statue of Robert E. Lee.

So before he makes the "fine people on both sides" comment he makes clear - several times, in fact - that there were not only alt-left and alt-right at that event but others who were either protesting the statues or defending them that were "ordinary" people i.e. fine people.

Again, how did you not know this? You are so active politically, if we take your numerous HN submissions into account, that I find it hard to believe you have missed this.

[1] https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/full-transcript-of-trum...

Perhaps, this is what happens when you keep chasing Nazi conspiracy theories everywhere, especially from Nazi historians dedicated to looking at dog-whistles, symbols etc to associate a person or group to being a 'true' neo-Nazi.

Still Whataboutism.

lol