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Wait, are you saying that "worry" is an excuse for publicizing incorrect information?
While "fireworks" are technically "unexploded devices", reporting that in context of an apparent randomized public shooting gives the impression that "unexploded devices" = something akin to pipe bombs or worse.
I hate how "reporting" has turned into just twitter broadcasting. Often wrong, with zero retraction.
While "fireworks" are technically "unexploded devices", reporting that in context of an apparent randomized public shooting gives the impression that "unexploded devices" = something akin to pipe bombs or worse.
I hate how "reporting" has turned into just twitter broadcasting. Often wrong, with zero retraction.
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He's pointing out how the coverage differs if the shooter is white, or black.
When we're told that white supremacy is the biggest threat facing our nation, and two terrorist attacks perpetrated by black men within a span of months just go away within days, it's absurd and should be called such. This was a terrorist attack on the NYC subway for god's sakes and the story's not even on CNN's page. This is not an accident, it's an editorial decision that's consciously made.
"Facebook posts also show the amateur rapper, who went by his stage name, MathBoi Fly, had shared a series of links and memes relating to race and white privilege in June 2020, when protests erupted over the death of George Floyd.
Five of the six victims - all white - who died on Sunday were aged 52 to 82 and part of a Waukesha club known as the Dancing Grannies.
In a post from June 9, 2020, Brooks wrote: 'LEARNED ND TAUGHT BEHAVIOR!! so when we start bakk knokkin white people TF out ion wanna hear it...the old white ppl 2, KNOKK DEM TF OUT!! PERIOD..' followed by a middle finger and expletive emoji."
When we're told that white supremacy is the biggest threat facing our nation, and two terrorist attacks perpetrated by black men within a span of months just go away within days, it's absurd and should be called such. This was a terrorist attack on the NYC subway for god's sakes and the story's not even on CNN's page. This is not an accident, it's an editorial decision that's consciously made.
"Facebook posts also show the amateur rapper, who went by his stage name, MathBoi Fly, had shared a series of links and memes relating to race and white privilege in June 2020, when protests erupted over the death of George Floyd.
Five of the six victims - all white - who died on Sunday were aged 52 to 82 and part of a Waukesha club known as the Dancing Grannies.
In a post from June 9, 2020, Brooks wrote: 'LEARNED ND TAUGHT BEHAVIOR!! so when we start bakk knokkin white people TF out ion wanna hear it...the old white ppl 2, KNOKK DEM TF OUT!! PERIOD..' followed by a middle finger and expletive emoji."
