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Agree with this. Unfortunately, news stations are now in the business of creating the news as opposed to reporting on it.
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Originally Posted by NyWriterdude
"“Now the question is, what are you guys going to do? Are you going to keep dividing us?” de Blasio asked the media. “I’m not talking about every single one of you, but let’s get real. … Twenty five thousand people marched down one of our streets a few days back. Absolutely peaceful. … What you manage to do is pull up the few who do not represent the majority, who are saying unacceptable things, who should’t be saying those things … and some who actually physically attack police officers.”
While de Blasio has some good points here, the same could be said of police officers. Most of the time when criminals are apprehended they are not killed. The news media blew this issue out of proportion on both sides of the issue (in order to get ratings). There likely would not even be protesters if there were more honest news coverage AND if the news media were actually interested in having people discuss solutions, as opposed to screaming at each other. So when will the public and politicians hold news media accountable?
I wonder if the NYPD and other police unions could sue news organizations for biased coverage if it leads to more cops getting killed.
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