re: UPDATE: Idaho Murders Thread (Links inside)

quote:

---

Seriously. Where was this national coverage and outrage/sorrow when that frat house was shot up at Southern a few weeks ago and 9 students shot? That should have been national news with a lot of coverage. Virtually received none.

---

If the media gave it widespread coverage, they would be accused of overemphasizing crimes committed by blacks. If they do not cover it, your complaint surfaces.

The media is largely focused on its agenda and the number of views.

With respect to the Southern frat house shooting, there did not seem to be much black outrage about it, so why do you expect the media to be outraged?

The obsession with police violence towards blacks at the expense of a similar obsession with black on black crime is a mystery to me. It is irrational, emotions over pragmatism. The reality is that it is far more likely than a black man or woman will be murdered by another black man or woman. A pragmatist would address the big risk first (or at least more vigor).

ETA: When it comes to crime, it seems no one is color blind. Personally, the comments on the OT trying to ferret out whether the suspect/perp is black or white are irrelevant.