The first I heard was that a white neighborhood watchman had shot and killed a defenseless black teenager who was walking home from the store where he got skittles and something to drink. What is that kind of news story supposed to do? I had visions of this poor defenseless kid walking down the street and this big old white guy just shot him. When you get the facts, though, it is a totally different story. That is what the news does today. They bent this story so as to create sentiment about race.
That is what the news does today. They bent this story so as to create sentiment about race.
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Exactly! This story is as much about our media as it is any other thing!
Spend less than five minutes and one of the first facts the media reported in the case, is discovered to be false.
*Trayvon walked to get his little brother Skittles, during halftime of the NBA AllStar game.*
The game didn’t start until 7:30p, est. Trayvon was being pronounced dead at the at that very moment. It wasn’t halftime.
If they didn’t get that simple fact correct, one has to wonder....are they that sloppy or that manipulative. Either way, it is damning.