Perspectives: The Media, Mass Shootings and Race
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From the Left
How mainstream media failed the Atlanta shooting victimsOn March 17, the day after the Atlanta spa shootings that killed eight people — six of whom were women of Korean and Chinese descent — the Asian American Journalism Association (AAJA)’s website crashed.
“We’re troubleshooting @AAJA website, which is crashing from the traffic after we released guidance on covering the Atlanta shooting. It’ll be back up shortly, but please share these screenshots in the meantime,” AAJA president and Washington Post reporter Michelle Ye Hee Lee tweeted.
The AAJA had outlined guidance for newsrooms to cover the mass shootings without...
From the Center
The Media Would Rather Talk About Race Than Stop Mass Shootings or CrimeEvery time there is a mass shooting in the U.S., partisans on both sides hold their collective breath waiting for the perpetrator to be identified in order to see whose worldview will be vindicated. The left gets excited about murders involving police officers shooting unarmed black people, as well as those perpetrated by white supremacists or believers in QAnon; the right highlights Muslim terrorists and Antifa. Yet the number of killings in 2020 that can be attributed to all of these causes put together is in the dozens, representing a...
From the Right
The left, mainstream media turn Boulder shooting into yet another racial powder kegAfter lunch on Monday, a man walked into a grocery store in Boulder, Colorado and shot 10 people to death. One of those slain was a police officer called Eric Talley. Eric Talley had seven children. His youngest child was just five years old. Your heart breaks for his family.
Police responded quickly to the massacre and they arrested a 21-year-old suspect. Here's how CNN described the scene.
LUCY KAFANOV, CNN: We know that the suspect is in custody. He was injured. They have not released any details about who...
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