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Quote Originally Posted by Raiders22: https://www.newsweek.com/did-media-bury-mass-shooting-because-shooter-was-black-opinion-1638249 What happens when two of the things you argue against the most happen in a way that makes it difficult to decry one without seemingly perpetuating the other? This is what happened last week, when identity journalism and gun control collided in the news coverage—or rather, lack thereof—of a school shooting in Arlington, Texas. Last Wednesday, news broke in the morning of a school shooting. A teenage boy fired several shots inside Timberview High School, injuring four people and fleeing the scene. You might have expected the news coverage to follow a familiar pattern after a school mass shooting, starting with the non-stop coverage of the events as they unfold, the ubiquitous cries that "thoughts and prayers are not enough," followed by a demand by every anti-gun politician who can get him or herself on the airwaves for more stringent gun control. Finally, the president himself would be asked to comment. But this shooting did not follow the script. Fox News carried the coverage live, but by and large, the other 24-hour news channels did not, despite the active shooter being on the run and a manhunt underway for his capture. Of course, I can't know for sure why the news channels abdicated their usual hysterical, wall-to-wall coverage of mass shootings in this instance. But I can tell you what my immediate suspicion was at the absence of coverage: The shooter is going to turn out to be black. And indeed, when they apprehended him, the shooter was black. Seems like a reach on the race aspect. Likely that this school shooting did not garner widespread media coverage because there were no fatalities and simply a few injuries. Shootings that do not involve death, often do not make the news, regardless of setting. Likely had nothing to do with shooter being black.
Quote Originally Posted by Raiders22: https://www.newsweek.com/did-media-bury-mass-shooting-because-shooter-was-black-opinion-1638249 What happens when two of the things you argue against the most happen in a way that makes it difficult to decry one without seemingly perpetuating the other? This is what happened last week, when identity journalism and gun control collided in the news coverage—or rather, lack thereof—of a school shooting in Arlington, Texas. Last Wednesday, news broke in the morning of a school shooting. A teenage boy fired several shots inside Timberview High School, injuring four people and fleeing the scene. You might have expected the news coverage to follow a familiar pattern after a school mass shooting, starting with the non-stop coverage of the events as they unfold, the ubiquitous cries that "thoughts and prayers are not enough," followed by a demand by every anti-gun politician who can get him or herself on the airwaves for more stringent gun control. Finally, the president himself would be asked to comment. But this shooting did not follow the script. Fox News carried the coverage live, but by and large, the other 24-hour news channels did not, despite the active shooter being on the run and a manhunt underway for his capture. Of course, I can't know for sure why the news channels abdicated their usual hysterical, wall-to-wall coverage of mass shootings in this instance. But I can tell you what my immediate suspicion was at the absence of coverage: The shooter is going to turn out to be black. And indeed, when they apprehended him, the shooter was black. Seems like a reach on the race aspect. Likely that this school shooting did not garner widespread media coverage because there were no fatalities and simply a few injuries. Shootings that do not involve death, often do not make the news, regardless of setting. Likely had nothing to do with shooter being black.
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and I don't want that smoke. So I'll keep it quick. There is a direct correlation between the violence in these southern states, and the prevalence of guns. And this does have to do with Republican leadership.The poverty and that easy access to guns are a two pronged set of circumstances. However, we shouldn't punish law abiding citizens for the actions of criminals. Anyway, more tomorrow.
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