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originally posted by: tribal
I'm sick and tired of media purporting to be objective and operating with any journalistic integrity all apparently taking their marching orders from some unknown entity, and it appears even the police are cooperating or else why would THEY ALSO be keeping the mans identity secret? Are they waiting for someone to give them a cooked version of events or just what?
originally posted by: bigfatfurrytexan
a reply to: tribal
Let me ask you this: why would you need to know, or feel it relevant to have reported, details such as his race or national origin (unless he is here illegally, which is a relevant detail)?
WHat you are asking for is reporting to support racist views.
a reply to: raymundoko why dont you ask the news agencies why they have historically always given as much demographic information as possible when reporting crimes? And why they pick and choose to sometimes give it and sometimes not? Do you not think reading/hearing news all of your life and becoming accustomed to a certain format and delivery of information creates an expectation because i do. regardless, i dont care about the color of a persons skin because they committed a crime, but if the news orgs are going to make a habit out of reporting it and then they decide not to i have every reason to consider it suspect. It speaks to motive and possible politicization.
originally posted by: raymundoko
a reply to: tribal
Why does it matter what color he was?
This ^
originally posted by: tribal
a reply to: raymundoko
why dont you ask the news agencies why they have historically always given as much demographic information as possible when reporting crimes? And why they pick and choose to sometimes give it and sometimes not? Do you not think reading/hearing news all of your life and becoming accustomed to a certain format and delivery of information creates an expectation because i do.
regardless, i dont care about the color of a persons skin because they committed a crime, but if the news orgs are going to make a habit out of reporting it and then they decide not to i have every reason to consider it suspect. It speaks to motive and possible politicization.