-L. wrote:
> JimLane wrote:
>
>>modom wrote:
>>
>>>On 24 Sep 2005 15:24:05 -0700, "itsjoannotjoann"
> wrote:
>>>
>>>A lot of stupid, racist crap.
>>>
>>>
>>>modom
>>
>>But, unfortunately, that seems to be the way the TV nets carried it.
>>Blame them.
>>
>>
>>jim
>
>
> Oh, you think "The only way it could have
> been worse was to be white. " isn't worth blame? The OP is a ****ing
> asshole.
>
> And what about the news media showing black "looters" vs white
> "finders"? Talk about racist crap!
>
> -L.
>

Right over your head. Did not say that at all. I said that was the way
the news reported it, so if it seems that way, blame them. There were
certainly others besides blacks who were hung out to dry. There was
certainly significant damage elsewhere, but the news maintained their
focus on the poor blacks in NOLA. Statement of fact.

Unfortunately, balance in the news went its way with the 1968 Democratic
Convention. That is when the news media began making the news themselves
by their mere presence and by the way they present the story.

I've seen demonstrations where a total of 20 people have turned out, but
because the cause was sympathetic, the news has done their best to
conceal the numbers and make it look far larger than it was. Once you
have seen the same person with the same sign three times in the same
story, it should sink in.


jim