Do the Miami Herald, NBC 5, CBS 4, and ABC 10 News have a "list" of issues they can't report on? (Hollywood: mover, high crime)

[big mean bear]

When there is a "local" problem or issue in Miami that needs to be addressed, is there a limit to how accurately that issue can be reported on? For example, if there is an outbreak of 'bums' getting into fights, robbing stores, or getting run over by the Metro Mover in the Brickell area, are the news stations allowed to say the word "bum"? Choice words or details that are not necessarily offending, but rather "exposing" or "incriminating" are routinely left out of reporting in the print and televised media in Miami. 'Sensitive' but important and potentially dangerous issues are routinely "brushed over" by our politically correct, ideology driven Miami media.

The list of potential issues that I think the Miami Herald could write about might include...

-The growing influence of Haitians in the importation and distribution of cocaine (Spearheaded by Miami pretty boy Rick Ross)
-The drop in Cuban immigrants migrating to the U.S. by land(Texas) and sea-as well as the potential causes of this.
-The absence of reporting on Ileana-Ros Lehtinen's husband's shady deals with the Miccosuke and Seminole Indian tribes.
-Mel Martinez and his criminality (enough said)
-Answering the call of local Miamians who feel like their money is being wasted by local gov't in building public housing units.

Is it a liberal bias? I think so. The Miami Herald, in spite of being a political tool for the "old guard" Miami Cuban Cosa Nostra, is known to harbor some far left idealogical warriors. How they ever got long so well I will never know.

Journalists in Miami routinely ignore important issues about local Miami, only to troll overseas to find "sensational international heart throb stories" from countries like Cuba, Venezuela, and recently I have noticed a pile of stories about Haiti and all its problems...

School collapse reveals Haiti's lack of building oversight - Breaking News - MiamiHerald.com
An offer of help - Letters to the Editor - MiamiHerald.com
Jamaica seeks witnesses to melee at gov't meeting - Haiti & Caribbean - MiamiHerald.com
Bahamas' Atlantis resort lays off 800 employees - Breaking News - Business - MiamiHerald.com

I find it entertaining that the Miami Herald tries appease our critical sensibilities by constantly bombarding the first few pages of its publication with atrocity-related stories from Haiti, Cuba, and other 3rd world countries that abound in the Southern Latitudes. This is the same principal as watching Jerry Springer, it makes us feel better about ourselves....

[jbravo]

Not like in Northern Fl where journalism triumphs.
North West Florida Daily News

"There is dark humor in a suspicious memo that surfaced a couple of weeks ago purporting to show that Eglin Maj. Gen. David Eidsaune had referred to Valparaiso residents as "rednecks" living in "cracker houses."

[TannerMan]

You might be correct on many counts but of the little I know about the Herald, I know they do dig alot of dirt out of the Dade goverment like the housing and many othr dirty dealings out of these guys.

[Jeff Jarrett]

Many of you have heard of the term "San Francisco Values" coined by Bill O'Reilly, well he needs to coin a new term called "Miami Values" because that city sure as hell is going down the toilet big time.

[big mean bear]

Originally Posted by Jeff Jarrett

Many of you heave heard of the term "San Francisco Values" coined by Bill O'Reilly, well he needs to coin a new term called "Miami Values" because that city sure as hell is going down the toilet big time.

How so? Be specific. I don't like my town being compared to San Francisco. Don't generalize on this thread.

[Jeff Jarrett]

How so? Be specific. I don't like my town being compared to San Francisco. Don't generalize on this thread

High crime/murder rate, lots of street bums, lots of poverty, corruption, common to see people use narcotics out in open public for everyone to see, one of the gay mecca capitals of America, etc.

Miami definitely does not represent good 'o fashioned American values.

[big mean bear]

Originally Posted by Jeff Jarrett

High crime, lots of street bums, lots of poverty, corruption, common to see people use narcotics out in open public for everyone to see, one of the gay mecca capitals of America, etc.

Miami definitely does not represent good 'o fashioned American values.

Were you talking about any large American city? Or Miami? It sounded like you couldn't mention anything specific w/ facts or figures relating to the OP, which states "Do the Miami Herald, NBC, CBS, and ABC News here in Miami have a "list" of issues they can't report on???"

This is a "thinking" thread, not a "bashing" thread.

[DCkid]

First of all, Miami is NO DIFFERENT than any other large American city. You have Detroit, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New Orleans, Washington DC with crime, poverty and corruption. If you take Miami's WORST, HARDEST, MOST RUN DOWN, neigborhood. New Orleans, Gary, Indiana, Detroit and Camden, New Jersey (Philadelphia kind of), make it look like 8th and Ocean on South Beach during the sunset. I would much rather walk my dog in Liberty City than in the Lower 9th Ward in New Orleans or Barry Farms in Washington DC. Basically, if you want to avoid crime, poverty and corruption, you might as well move to the Mountains of Montana and lock yourself in a cabin.

Now back to the topic......

Similar to my first statement. I think you will find similar situations with newspapers across the country. Newspapers have a "theme" based on the area it covers. For example, I remember the Washington Post always covering Washington politics but ignoring the major issues in inner city Washington. DC has one of the worst public school systems in the nation and used to have a serious problem with cocaine during the 80's and the 90's. These problems are typically overlooked.

In Miami's case, you have a large Haitian and Latin American population, so I think the newspaper is "themed" around Latin America and the Carribean, similarly ignoring the problems of the city of Miami.

Im not familiar with New York and L.A. but I would assume the New York times would be "themed" around Wall Street while the L.A. times would be "themed" around Hollywood, ignoring problems in inner city New York and Los Angeles.

[heydade]

WTF ? first sentence and I stopped reading

[tallrick]

I know for a fact that the local media kept Team Metro off limits. No matter how hard I tried, I could not get anyone to expose the theft, vandalism and dumping done for and by that corrupt department. Nobody cared about the perjury and bias of their kangaroo courts. The media always referred to Team Metro in a positive light and that was that.