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Are mugshots racist?
Posted on 6/10/20 at 3:47 pm
Posted on 6/10/20 at 3:47 pm
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Message from our editors We have made an editorial decision to discontinue the publication of mugshot galleries, or mugshot photos that are not associated with a story or other editorial content, effective immediately. Mugshot galleries presented without context may feed into negative stereotypes and, in our editorial judgment, are of limited news value. Instead, we will focus on the best ways to inform our readers by providing relevant information that will keep our communities safe and continuing to cover crime, as well as the public safety system. This policy change does not impact the use of mugshots associated with articles or other editorial content.
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Gannett Shuts Down The Ledger’s Mugshots Website
Barry Friedman Jun 10, 2020 at 10:12 am
Gannett, the parent company of The Ledger, has discontinued the clickbait practice of posting mugshots of all arrested persons on theledger.com and other news websites. The move comes several months after The Ledger came under Gannett’s control following the merger of Gannett and GateHouse Media. Gannett had already pulled mugshot galleries from its legacy websites before the merger, The Orlando Sentinel reports. “The mugshot galleries disabled today were on legacy GateHouse sites to align with those standards,” Amalie Nash, vice president for local news at the USA TODAY Network, said on Twitter
Jonathan Jones ? @jjones9 Gannett has recently made the decision to remove mugshot galleries (which are big-click items) from its newspaper websites View image on Twitter 1,603 1:18 PM - Jun 9, 2020
Readers going to the Ledger mugshot site are greeted with a simple page with a Gannett logo, the heading “Message from our editors” and this message: We have made an editorial decision to discontinue the publication of mugshot galleries, or mugshot photos that are not associated with a story or other editorial content, effective immediately. Mugshot galleries presented without context may feed into negative stereotypes and, in our editorial judgment, are of limited news value. Instead, we will focus on the best ways to inform our readers by providing relevant information that will keep our communities safe and continuing to cover crime, as well as the public safety system. This policy change does not impact the use of mugshots associated with articles or other editorial content. The same statement was posted on other former GateHouse newspapers in Florida and the rest of the U.S. on Tuesday. The Ledger and other Gannett newspapers will continue to publish individual prisoner mugshots as part of normal news coverage. The Lakeland newspaper introduced its Mugshots site on Valentines Day 2012. That sub-site generated a large volume of online traffic and remained open to all readers even after the newspaper put much of its digital content behind a pay meter in May 2013. The move to remove mugshot galleries comes as protests following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis are sparking conversations about the criminal justice system and social responsibility.
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Posted on 6/10/20 at 3:48 pm to danilo
Depends on what color you are.
Posted on 6/10/20 at 3:48 pm to danilo
in these times if you have to ask the answer is yes
Posted on 6/10/20 at 3:49 pm to danilo
JFC Everyday gets more ridiculous
Posted on 6/10/20 at 3:49 pm to danilo
I always liked playing, "guess what they got arrested for", but I guess the fun is over
This post was edited on 6/10/20 at 3:50 pm
Posted on 6/10/20 at 3:50 pm to danilo
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Mugshot galleries presented without context may feed into negative stereotypes
The context is that you got fricking arrested and are in jail.
Posted on 6/10/20 at 3:51 pm to danilo
There's a business opportunity here for someone who doesn't GAF to take over this vacuum.
Posted on 6/10/20 at 3:54 pm to deeprig9
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There's a business opportunity here for someone who doesn't GAF to take over this vacuum.
Back home, there used to be a small weekly paper of mugshots from every police department in a 3 county area. Used to be fun to look through. Don't know if they're still around though.
This post was edited on 6/10/20 at 3:57 pm
Posted on 6/10/20 at 4:06 pm to ldts
"Bad and Busted" was set up everywhere before the internet took everything over.
Posted on 6/10/20 at 4:07 pm to danilo
So, I'm assuming Gannett will now be go-to source for all things "the white guy did it?"
Posted on 6/10/20 at 4:12 pm to danilo
Objective facts are racist. I thought everyone understood that.
Posted on 6/10/20 at 4:12 pm to danilo
Ridgeland, MS Grand Opening
Estimate of 3 for 30 pictured, that’s a problem.
Looks suspicious to me...
Estimate of 3 for 30 pictured, that’s a problem.
Looks suspicious to me...
Posted on 6/10/20 at 4:13 pm to danilo
I love mugshots as much as the next person, but it does kind of suck that they’re out there on google forever even if you’re found innocent.
Posted on 6/10/20 at 4:16 pm to danilo
I see a huge market opening up for people with common sense that don't puss out to the PC crowd. If all these companies keep watering themselves down in the name of "diversity" and "equality" there will be many opportunities to jump in and make some money if you're willing to get shite on by twitter and CNN.
Posted on 6/10/20 at 4:18 pm to danilo
You post like Larry Leo. I just read the same shite multiple times
This post was edited on 6/10/20 at 4:18 pm
Posted on 6/10/20 at 4:18 pm to danilo
No, but they are a visceral reminder why some people have “racist” opinions when they look at reality.
Leftists hate facts
Leftists hate facts
Posted on 6/18/20 at 12:07 pm to Topwater Trout
shop committing crimes you won't end up with a mug shot.
mugshots are the truth..
mugshots are the truth..
Posted on 6/18/20 at 12:09 pm to danilo
The name will give us the answer the face doesn't provide. This is an obvious attempt to hide the race of criminals.
Posted on 6/18/20 at 12:16 pm to danilo
Mugshots are not racist...... the only reason people are removing them is because black people don’t want to see other black people commiting so many crimes...... I’m sorry but I’m getting pissed off at the people that riot and causing all this damage never even knew Floyd. BUT no blacks want to see pictures of people that are destroying the same places they grew up in with gang violence and drug deals gone bad.
Posted on 6/18/20 at 12:16 pm to danilo
Next step will be a publication will no longer report crimes committed by blacks , only white or Hispanic crimes will be mentioned
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