Sometimes I like to read the comments under news articles. Starting yesterday, I noticed that some commenters were complaining that too much attention was paid to Dylan Roof and not enough to his victim. That is a fair criticism; however, the comments usually went further than just asking for more coverage of the victims' lives. Often they wanted no coverage of the reason that Roof killed and a few also use the type of language that far right conservatives use. (Using liberal as an insult or claiming the liberal news is behind the coverage of Roof) One commenter even said that there should be NO coverage of Roof and his reasons for massacring nine people. She claimed that reporting about him could inspire a copycat.
So, I wondered if this was the new talking point on the right. In order to direct the conversation away from questions that make us face things like racism and negative aspect of our country's history, they are going to claim that we should ignore the reasons Roof killed to stop a potential copy cat.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/greta-van-...35546.html
Greta Carlon's article is more even than some of the comments that I have found online but the title of the article is troubling."How Much Attention to Give Dylann Roof? Do Journalists Decide?"
Who else but journalists would decide? She could have left off the second sentence and her point would have made sense without it. When it comes to reporting on Roof's terrorist act, the free market apparently shouldn't be allowed to work
Fox News reports ad nauseum about brown terrorists but suddenly a few days reporting on Roof is too much?
Carlon also mentioned the potential of a copycat so I think that this is the new Fox talking point
So, I wondered if this was the new talking point on the right. In order to direct the conversation away from questions that make us face things like racism and negative aspect of our country's history, they are going to claim that we should ignore the reasons Roof killed to stop a potential copy cat.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/greta-van-...35546.html
Greta Carlon's article is more even than some of the comments that I have found online but the title of the article is troubling."How Much Attention to Give Dylann Roof? Do Journalists Decide?"
Who else but journalists would decide? She could have left off the second sentence and her point would have made sense without it. When it comes to reporting on Roof's terrorist act, the free market apparently shouldn't be allowed to work
Fox News reports ad nauseum about brown terrorists but suddenly a few days reporting on Roof is too much?
Carlon also mentioned the potential of a copycat so I think that this is the new Fox talking point
