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Old 06-23-2013, 05:40 PM
 
Location: North of South, South of North
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Why does the media here in Florida insist on using pictures of when he was around 12 years old, instead of ones they have closer to the time of when he was killed?

For some reason they appear to favor showing the innocence of a young child picture instead of a picture of a late teen/almost adult picture.

What is the reason for this in Florida? Why not use the most current picture?
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Old 06-23-2013, 05:51 PM
 
Location: Space Coast
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because the media likes to stir the pot?????
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Old 06-23-2013, 05:59 PM
 
Location: Houston, TX
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They use the 12 year old photo of him nation wide. Ironically, most of the nation believe that he IS a 12 year old and is an innocent kid that never did any wrong.

I'm not taking any sides, because Zimmerman has a past as well and I wasn't there and don't know what happened, I think the thing I wish the most is that they stop making it a black/white issue as Zimmerman is clearly not white.
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Old 06-23-2013, 06:02 PM
 
Location: North of South, South of North
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They use the 12 year old photo of him nation wide. Ironically, most of the nation believe that he IS a 12 year old and is an innocent kid that never did any wrong.

I'm not taking any sides, because Zimmerman has a past as well and I wasn't there and don't know what happened, I think the thing I wish the most is that they stop making it a black/white issue as Zimmerman is clearly not white.
I don't watch national news much, if at all, anymore.....so I did not know it was being done elsewhere as well. Seems like there must be a reason for avoiding the most current pictures.
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Old 06-23-2013, 06:07 PM
 
Location: Houston, TX
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I don't watch national news much, if at all, anymore.....so I did not know it was being done elsewhere as well. Seems like there must be a reason for avoiding the most current pictures.
Yeah, I don't put much stock in the media, being controlled by the Government, there's no telling what their agenda is anymore? Possibly to start a race riot nationwide to take everyone's mind off of their lying ways?
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Old 06-23-2013, 08:18 PM
 
Location: Miami/ Washington DC
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I just hope there are no riots if/when he is acquitted. It is a very real possibility that Zimmerman is not guilty. Some Miami-Dade cops I met said they are already preparing for possible violence. I only hope the media does not try to make matters worse.
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Old 06-23-2013, 08:25 PM
 
Location: Lower east side of Toronto
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Remember when Omar Khdar was jailed for being a terrorists when he was 15? They stuck the kid in that prison camp in Cuba. It was embarrassing for the administration to have jailed a child...so there were no photos of him released...or very few circulated...They waited ten years till the kid got older and grew a beard - THEN they started to release pictures of the "terrorist" and referring to him as MISTER.....It's all about the manipulation of human emotion...The progressives will portray Martin as a poor child - killed by the bad right winger. Media in North America has a liberal slant. Zimmerman does not have any affiliations with right or left wing ideology....but they will STILL assign him with the role of the right wing gunslinger....the whole thing is an illusion. It is what they call a show trial.
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Old 06-23-2013, 08:38 PM
 
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Always remember NEVER talk to the media! Because the media makes money off all of us. The media, meaning all major networks and local stations, radio and TV and all major studios. The media will do anything for ratings. Ratings are viewers and the more viewers the more money they make. That said, anything that will attract attention be it strange to completely off the wall unethical the media will do it. By portraying Martin as this young innocent looking black kid from the hood is their goal because it attracts attention. STOP watching TV and stop following the trial. Instead read a good book or exercise. If you must watch TV then watch BBC in the UK.
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Old 06-23-2013, 08:39 PM
 
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Yeah, I don't put much stock in the media, being controlled by the Government, there's no telling what their agenda is anymore? Possibly to start a race riot nationwide to take everyone's mind off of their lying ways?
Dude, why do comment on every Florida thread when you live in Texas?
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Old 06-23-2013, 09:16 PM
 
Location: Houston, TX
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Dude, why do comment on every Florida thread when you live in Texas?
Because it's a free country and I feel the urge to?
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