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irisblue

(34,405 posts)
Fri Jul 27, 2018, 08:53 AM Jul 2018

Race of shooters influences media coverage

::Suprise::Not::
Oliver Willis (@owillis) Tweeted:
Race of mass shooters influences how the media cover their crimes, new study shows https://t.co/fDIvffsu9S





From the article
snip..."found that the shooter’s race could strongly predict whether the media framed him as mentally ill. (Less than 1 percent of the crimes had a female perpetrator.)

In all, about 33 percent of the articles in our study describing the crimes of a white shooter made a mention of mental illness. On the other hand, 26 percent of articles describing a Latino shooter and only two percent of articles describing a black shooter mentioned mental illness."

snip..."Media coverage actively shapes how we perceive reality.

It seems as if media outlets tend to cast the violent acts of white criminals as unfortunate anomalies of circumstance and illness. For black shooters (and, to a lesser extent, Latino shooters) media outlets render their crimes with a brush of inherent criminality."


I think I'll put this in the 'no lie' fille.
And x post this to Editoral& Reads as well
I also like this guys' twitter feed( no bennies to me from that statement)
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Race of shooters influences media coverage (Original Post) irisblue Jul 2018 OP
More valuable research The Polack MSgt Jul 2018 #1
It doesn't surprise me there is racism involved but who is this person? nycbos Jul 2018 #2
Oliver Willis , everpedia wiki & bio irisblue Jul 2018 #3

irisblue

(34,405 posts)
3. Oliver Willis , everpedia wiki & bio
Fri Jul 27, 2018, 11:19 AM
Jul 2018

Frpm that site...."Oliver Willis is a Senior Writer for Shareblue Media, an American progressive news website owned by the journalist and political activist David Brock.
Oliver Willis is a Senior Writer for Shareblue Media, an American progressive news website owned by the journalist and political activist David Brock."

I ran across his twitter awhile back, he posts points of intetest to me.

Hope this helps.

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