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cbayer

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10. I understand what you are saying.

Reply to kentauros (Reply #9)

Fri Aug 15, 2014, 12:45 PM

Aug 2014

The disappearance of one small white beauty queen in Boulder merits much more attention that 15 black teenagers being killed in chicago in a week.

I think your run of the mill journalists are in a real bind these days. What sells is sensationalism. Good news doesn't get it and "routine" troubles of the marginalized don't get it.

It's one of the reasons that the religious right gets so much more attention than the religious left.

This site (DU) is important, because it delivers news with some perspective.

What area of the country are you located in?

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After the Ferguson protests, church volunteers pick up the pieces [View all] hrmjustin Aug 2014 OP

I hope they also start organizing peaceful protests. kentauros Aug 2014 #1

Looks like that is happening. cbayer Aug 2014 #2

Thank you for that link. kentauros Aug 2014 #3

Unfortunately, I church leader was shot with a rubber bullet (reported but not confirmed). cbayer Aug 2014 #4

I noticed that part in the story. kentauros Aug 2014 #5

From what I have gathered, things have gotten better today. cbayer Aug 2014 #6

I wasn't an adult in those times, kentauros Aug 2014 #7

You might be referring to the image from a historically black college - Morehouse? cbayer Aug 2014 #8

Yes, it may have been Morehouse. kentauros Aug 2014 #9

I understand what you are saying. cbayer Aug 2014 #10

I can only assume that the business owners of the news outlets kentauros Aug 2014 #11

When I got TV (and it's been almost a year now), I would also watch cbayer Aug 2014 #12

I still like some things on PBS. kentauros Aug 2014 #13

I lived in New Orleans for 21 years, including the year of the big one. cbayer Aug 2014 #14

I wonder if Frontline has done anything about the militarization kentauros Aug 2014 #15