National Media's Refusal to Cover White Couple's Murder (snopes confirms)

Snopes ^ | May 2007 | Plus Matthew Sheffield

[restornu]

OK, so let's create a level playing field here. I have not even heard of this on CBS, ABC, NBC or any of the cable news services, even FOX NEWS. OR in any of the Newsrags or other publications. Read this and weep.

Bet you $20 you did not hear this on the national news.

The animals pictured below car-jacked, then raped Christopher Newsom, cut off his penis, then set him on fire and fatally shot him several times while they forced his girlfriend, Channon Christian, to watch. An even more cruel fate awaited her!

Channon Christian, was beaten and gang-raped in many ways for four days by all of them, while they took turns urinating on her. Then they cut off her breast and put chemicals in her mouth ... and then murdered her.

Where be the Revs Al and Jesse? Are they providing counsel and help to the families of the victims?

Of course not - the victims were white

Why hasn't this received National coverage by the news media like the Duke "rape" case?

Oh, that's right - the victims were white

Why hasn't the NAACP, ACLU, New York Times etc, called for an investigation?

Must be cause the victims were white

Why hasn't the FBI been called in to investigate this as a hate crime?
Oh, that's right - the victims were white.

[restornu]

FR everyday receives new Lurkers since the MSM did not cover this what’s wrong with another Bump becasue of a MSM blackout?

[Publius6961]

Anyone else think this qualifies as a hate crime?

[restornu]

True but there seems a few here who has missed it as well as new lurkers who visite!

[Publius6961]

Horrible!! Sounds like these scumbags must’ve studied terrorists’ torture techniques.

Terrorists don't do stuff like that.
Must be Guantanamo.

[Neoliberalnot]

I saw this true story some time ago on the internet. It clearly got very little attention.

[puroresu]

I want fair coverage. You know as well as I do that the media have a liberal template. And on racial issues, the template is that whites are evil, oppressive racists, and blacks are the innocent victims. Any news story that fits that preconceived template gets big coverage. Any news story that doesn’t fit gets downplayed or buried.

That’s why when whites commit a horrible crime against blacks, such as the James Byrd killing, it becomes a major national news story for months, or even years. Even though such crimes are actually rare, we hear about the few that occur so much that they become part of our national political debates. The press is constantly on the prowl for such crimes, which is why they jumped the gun in the Duke case. It was just too good. They had to run it, even if it sounded questionable from the beginning.

And since real, brutal white-on-black crimes are rare, the press has to “pad” things out by elevating minor things, such as nooses or nasty slurs written on a door somewhere, to the level of a major news story. Not to mention that many of those incidents turn out to be either fake or silly (people getting upset because of a noose as part of a Halloween display).

If two young black people were tortured and brutally killed like this by whites, the media would be all over this story. Candidates for president would have commented on it. The New York Times would have written six editorials on it by now (that’s how many they wrote on Duke, including one which declared the accused LaCrosse players of being guilty).

You know this is true, so why do you deny it?

[Mr. Mojo]

"The suspects in this case in Tennesseee deserve a quick trip to the electic chair if convicted. NOT because their victims were white, however"

Blatantly obvious. You see anyone around here stating that the perps should be executed only because the victims were white? Didn't thing so.

As far as your point that this particular story shouldn't be published because racial tensions might be exacerbated, I disagree. Murders should always should be reported. ...and the skin color of those involved shouldn't have anything to do with it.

[Elsiejay]

I believe I’ve read “minimal” press accounts of this horrendous crimes, omitting specific details, of course, to spare our tender sensibilities, or perhaps also the tender sensibilities of the perps.
Several years ago two young white women were kidnapped by a group of black “youths” in one of the mid-south state, as I recall, raped and then shot to death. It was reported (although not by the MSM) that these animals purposely set out to “get some white girls” as part of a gang qualification requirement. Naturally, these were not prosecuted as racist hate crimes.

[mware]

rest, if I recall correctly this was even brought up during an election cycle. Maybe the governors race, not sure.

[Publius6961]

District Attorney Randy Nichols announced in December of 2007 that the state would be seeking the death penalty for Cobbins if convicted.

I don't understand...

Why just Cobbins?

[Earthdweller]

We don't have any such thing as a precarious racial atmosphere. That's a lie. It was dealt with in the 70's like all the other issues the Dems run on. We have spent years and years of conditioning in this country to get along with one another and we do. This is just a bunch of wimp whooy and a really poor excuse.

The Commie Dems are here to divide us on a superficial level and bring down the Republic. What they say does not reflect facts on the ground. Give the Blacks a chance to condemn these murders. You will see that they are more compassionate sensible ones than hateful ones. That's what the Dem media is afraid of.

No more divisions...no more Dem party. If America works...they lose.

[i_dont_chat]

Has anyone told you today that they love you? You seem a bit testy.

[Sue Perkick]

It happened in January of this year. The trials haven’t even taken place yet.

[Constantine XIII]

Because it’s not a Big Fscking Deal in the great run of things. Journalism majors are liberal. DUH CAPTAIN OBVIOUS. So they probably won’t make as big a deal over this as a Dukelax case. Big whoop, it’s not a conspiracy to Keep the White Man Down.

The only people who want to rub in the nation’s face are people who want blacks to look bad.

What kind of people would want that? Why do you deny the obvious answer? :)

[mware]

If I believed in the death penalty these guys would be sharing the same needle as the two guy who dragged the guy to death behind their pickup.

[Unicorn]

BTTT

[Constantine XIII]

Then the news would be nothing but a listing of murders in major cities.

[Earthdweller]

Fine...just don’t tell the rest of us that we have no right to show this because of your weak stomach. Remember...women give birth and then hold the baby all wrapped in slimey goo and blood and then the men faint. They dress the wounds of the soldiers on the battlefield while the men puke in the toilet. So don’t tell me American women are weak. They can take it...believe me. And women need to know the truth.

[KSCITYBOY]

bump

[dennisw]

If I’m not mistaken the prosecutor in this case is not going to charge the defendants with a hate crime charge because they were friends with some white people.

Meaning a few of them had white girl friends they screwed from time to time.

http://nicholasstixuncensored.blogspot.com/2007/05/knoxville-horror-trial-dates-set-msm.html