Frank James, the man arrested for Tuesday's New York City subway shooting, is a black nationalist and outspoken racist who railed against whites, Jews, and Hispanics. A careful reader of the New York Times could be forgiven for overlooking that. In a nearly 2,000-word article on the attack, James's race is not mentioned. The same is true for the coverage offered up by Reuters; the Washington Post only mentioned James's race in relation to his condemnation of training programs for "low-income Black youths."
Media critics on the right say that the conspicuous omission of James's race from these news reports illustrates a trend among prestige papers, which deemphasize or omit the race of non-white criminals while playing up the race of white offenders. But is it a real pattern?
-Steve
Nothing new, the liberal press has been doing this for a very long time, not just St. George quit committing crimes.
ReplyDeleteThis has been going on at least since the Civil Rights Act was passed in the 70's. The only difference is if the perp is white. Then it's liberally mentioned. Remember the "white Hispanic" Zimmerman?
DeleteThen the MSM wonders why most Americans hate them.
Nemo
Let's get back to the original source of the "problem":
ReplyDeleteIf God hadn't created Boons with opposable thumbs, they wouldn't be capable of firing a gun or holding a knife.
They could still get welfare.
DeleteIt is close to 100% true that if the race isn't mentioned the subject is black, and if the party isn't mentioned it is Democrat...
ReplyDeleteThe media is a sad parody of what it ought to be . After being proven to be hypocrites and liars for the umpteenth time they wonder "Why is it nobody believes us?"
ReplyDeleteMaking it easier and easier to 'Guess the race'.
ReplyDeleteEd
Race doesn't matter! It's poverty!*
ReplyDelete*The poorest White community in the US has a lower crime rate than the richest black community.
When you first posted when it happened, I was going to mention that I had read the same article earlier in the day, and I would have sworn it listed his race in the description given by the witness. I wish I'd screenshotted it to be sure. Meanwhile, in the brutal attack story that ended with the perp killing himself in her car, I couldn't help but notice no one mentions the race of the attacker.
ReplyDeleteThis is part of the crap journalism that's controlled by "The Narrative", which we saw in abundance when it switched from "Pandemic 24/7" to "Ukraine good, Putin bad". I swear it was like they flipped a switch and BOOM there it is!
ReplyDeleteThe race of a suspect is a big part of the news story and should always be reported.
Doesn't fit the narrative.
ReplyDeleteWe don't have a race problem, we have a problem race.
Man, I'm getting real tired of that saying. It's like that 'booger hook on the bang switch' expression. You can only hear it a few thousand times before it gets old.
DeleteWhat saying is that, Ken...??
ReplyDeleteThe one directly above my comment.
Deletere -- diversity
ReplyDeleteThe last time I owned a television set was sometime last century.
I have zero-zero-zero interest in televisionprogramming.
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The lobby in the gym has couches around the big flat-screen.
Occasionally on the way past, I sit with some chums for a few minutes, chatting with the televisionprogramming in the background.
I am continually shocked by the lack of Caucasian folk.
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Each programming including the adverts are saturated with diversity...
... including fruits adopting dusky female infants.
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Americans do not have a race problem.
Americans have a programming problem.