the detroit liberal media strikes yet again

[hangman]

If anyone heard about the indicent of the white truck driver who hit the black kid and when he got out of his truck to help he was almost beaten to death by a bunch of racist blacks. Let me inform you, every liberal news outlet in the Detroit area said nothing about it being a hate or racist crime. We all know if it were the other way around the media would of had a field day with this story. Another reason why the liberal media must be stopped or curtailed, its way out of hand, and people complain about Rush, Hannity, and Levin. Thank God, people are donating to help this poor young gentleman stay alive, but this is not the only black on white crime incident, it happens every day in the good old US-liberal A, but you never hear about it because its swept under the rug by the liberal controlled media. I don't really care if the media was fair, but if they are going to make a circus out of white on black crime(which is rare), then do the same with black on white crime, or maybe they will run out of reporting time with those everyday events.

 

[Unregistered]

But conservative media is always fair to liberals & Democrats and never slants their coverage to reflect inaccurately on their behavior or motives. Right.

 

[SarasotaJim]

But conservative media is always fair to liberals & Democrats and never slants their coverage to reflect inaccurately on their behavior or motives. Right.

Right.

In fact, the organization that is the target of most liberal venom is the one that is the most fair of all. Maybe that's why the liberals hate them so much. They can do the most damage to liberal thinking with nothing more than honesty.

America's media is an embarrassment to the country. It shouldn't matter which side of the political fence you're one, we should all demand fair reporting from our supposedly fair media. The sad fact is that most liberals in the audience generally can't determine when something is slanted due to a lack of knowledge or understanding of what is going on. Unfortunately, the same thing can be said for the people writing the copy in the various newsrooms.

And that is only one reason why ratings for broadcast news are slipping and newspapers are dying. One has to wonder what kind of inept management condones newswriting that offends half of the population.

 

[Goat Rodeo Cowboy]

Right.

In fact, the organization that is the target of most liberal venom is the one that is the most fair of all. Maybe that's why the liberals hate them so much. They can do the most damage to liberal thinking with nothing more than honesty.

And "the organization that is the target" would be what?

 

[umfan]

It was clear through multiple local media reports that the attackers were black and the victim white. The reporting was appropriate. I don't see an issue of bias in this instance.

 

[jry]

Well, he wasn't a truck driver, he was driving his truck.
The media is coming around, led by a good group of African American news writers and some of those from the AA religious community (Rev. Horace Sheffield for one).
Two of the clowns are in custody and the story of the black nurse trying to get these guys to stop has surfaced. It is working its way out.

 

[SarasotaJim]

It was clear through multiple local media reports that the attackers were black and the victim white. The reporting was appropriate. I don't see an issue of bias in this instance.

Not bias? What planet are you living on? This is a textbook example of reportorial bias in the extreme. As far as the participants are concerned, it is overt racial hate and bigotry. Where are you finding all of these "local media reports?" I just finished scanning several days worth of reports in the Freep and the words "white" and/or "black" were glaringly missing. People are acting like knuckle-dragging neanderthals because they have gotten away with it for decades, protected by the kind of reporting done by, as one example, the Free Press. I have no way of checking back on local broadcast stories (which is, after all, what this thread is about); I would have to listen to streaming 24/7 and I obviously can't do that. Can you direct me to any broadcast reports which are less biased, coddling, excusing and protecting than those in the Free Press?

 

[umfan]

Sure.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/detroit-police-say-mob-attack-on-motorist-may-be-hate-crime/

This one clwarly labels it as a potential hate crime. The planet I'm living on is the same as yours and I'm in Detroit, not Florida. Having read, heard and seen the news reports as they were released this weekend, it was clear to me, and I'm confident others, that the victim was white and the attackers were not. The racial aspect of the crime was noted, just not shouted. I consider this responsible. Don't fan the flames. Would it be different if reversed, possibly, perhaps even likely, but in this instance my opinion is that the reporting wasn't biased and was responsible.

 

[Goat Rodeo Cowboy]

Well, he wasn't a truck driver, he was driving his truck.

I realize this is a minor observation, but it is typical of the "shuffling of words" going on in this conversation.

If I am driving a truck that I own, I am not a "truck driver" ?

So, is "truck driver" a derogatory term reserved only to describe people who do not own the truck they are driving?

Is that a critical issue in understanding whether news reporting in Detroit is professional... or is biased?

 

[neilraimo]

Face the facts and truth, the liberal media will never promote Black on White crime, which happens on a daily basis, just go to the real news sources, instead of CNN, MSNBC and all the other "J" run outfits. When the rare cases, as the original poster noted, are White on Black crime the media is all over it. For some reason the media wants to stir the pot and make the White race the bad ones and the Black race the poor scapegoat. You always know when a Black is the culprit, the media will say its a person, never will use the term Black, then you know its usually a Black, but if the suspect is white, they will use White over and over and over. Look at all the crime in the USA, its mostly by Blacks but the media struggles and searches for one positive thing about a Black and when they cannot find it, they use the race card and find some phoney White on Black crime. Prime example is the Zimmerman trial, this guy was half Hispanic, half White, but all you heard was he is a White Hispanic, just to bring the White on Black incident, if Zimmerman did something good, like cure a disease or end the gas crunch, he would be tagged as just an Hispanic, white would never been mentioned, plain and simple. This is the same with Asians and other non-African peoples being persecuted by the media, why they love to make Blacks look like gods is beyond me, if anyone knows the deal please inform.......

 

[SarasotaJim]

This one clwarly labels it as a potential hate crime. The planet I'm living on is the same as yours and I'm in Detroit, not Florida. .

I just turned 70. 24 of those years I have lived in the south. The remaining 46 in the north, and 21 of those 46 were in metro Detroit. Detroit is, by a wide margin, the most rabidly bigoted area to which I have ever subjected myself. Having said that, you are correct about the CBS/WWJ story. It does mention race and the possibility of this being a hate crime. But I don't see or hear what any white version of Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson is saying and thinking. But, ah, you say...any white person like that would be an extremist. Well, yes, that's true. But people like both Sharpton and Jackson are extremists and get face time. All of which, of course, just goes to highlight the bias in the reporting.

 

[TheBigA]

All of which, of course, just goes to highlight the bias in the reporting.

Except that neither Sharpton nor Jackson are reporters.

 

[SarasotaJim]

Except that neither Sharpton nor Jackson are reporters.

No one said they were. You completely miss the point. Read the post again.

 

[jry]

I realize this is a minor observation, but it is typical of the "shuffling of words" going on in this conversation.

If I am driving a truck that I own, I am not a "truck driver" ?

So, is "truck driver" a derogatory term reserved only to describe people who do not own the truck they are driving?

Is that a critical issue in understanding whether news reporting in Detroit is professional... or is biased?

Great point.

 

[TheBigA]

No one said they were. You completely miss the point. Read the post again.

I read it several times, and I think I get your point. Just because they get face time doesn't mean they represent bias in reporting.

They get face time because they represent (or claim to) a group of people. Some in this country like to support underdogs. Their view begins from that perspective.

 

[hangman]

Then why didn't those two phoney whoremaster preachers ever apologize to the Duke students they crucified for the made up story by that crack whore who falsely accused them of raping her.

 

[Small Market Guy]

Some in this country like to support underdogs.

If you think Rev. Al and Jesse are underdogs, you're sorely mistaken.

 

[TheBigA]

If you think Rev. Al and Jesse are underdogs, you're sorely mistaken.

Did I say that? No.

 

[SarasotaJim]

Their view begins from that perspective.

And with that statement, you are proving bias in reporting. Jackson and Sharpton represent a particular viewpoint, a perspective, one which may or may not be accurate or valid at all. It's just an opinion, not a fact relating to the story. The fact that one perspective gets facetime and another perspective doesn't, by its very definition makes the reporting biased.

 

[umfan]

I can see where it makes Al and Jesse potentially biased, but not the reporting. Can you provide a link to a news story or stories that exemplify the bias you allege? I'm not disagreeing that there can be, and often is, bias in the media, it's just not something I've discerned from this incident.