Can you say OVERREACTION???
There are more than 500 murders in Chicago every year. Does each one get this kind of police response and press coverage? Not!
Then again, I guess when poor people shoot each other in their poor neighborhoods, they don't inconvenience rush hour commuters.
(NBC5.com video)
posted by teacherman @ 4:58 PM
4 Comments:
are you kidding about the overreaction?you have 50,000 people walking to the scene of a hostage standoff on top of a major commuter station. Come on! I agree about the press being biased but this was a big deal. I always love when there's a rape in wrigleyville and there's a big manhunt. The only time you hear about something on the south side is when they catch some serial rapist. I'm curious if there's some type of ratio they use to make the press I"m thinking 5 or more rapes.
Well um, yes.
HBT incident in a place where there's a high volume of people vs. some gang non-sense on 63rd and Cottage Grove. Which is more important to you? And which is more rare?
I can’t help but see a recent theme in this blog of bashing white people. While racism (and other –isms like sexism) is a serious problem in our society, maybe you could make some more positive suggestions for action rather than obsessing over the bias in the media and our society.
We all know it’s there, and reminders of it are good—we don’t want to get too isolated in our physical or virtual communities. Why don’t you write some articles highlighting how it’s improving or what can and should be done to improve it to go along with your reminders?
Sorry, but there's no such thing as "white racism." For racism to exist, one group must hold power over another. In this society, that ain't gonna happen.
As for Dan's comment, you're right ... one of the definitions of news is something out-of-the-ordinary. Gangs killing each other certainly isn't rare, which is one reason it gets no press coverage. On the other hand, if you look at it from a different context, it is rare and newsworthy: Compare our murder rate with that of other industrial countries. Why do we have so many more murders? And why don't we give a fuck about the kids on 63rd and Cottage Grove?
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