I'm tired of the media still focusing on Trayvon? | Page 3 | TigerFan.com

LaSalleAve · Aug 25, 2013

Winston1 said: ↑

Not the media's fault? What about NBC editing the 911 tape to make Zimmerman sound racist? What about the media still calling the Trayvon Martin incident a "stand your ground" case when Zimmerman specifically rejected that line and argued self defense a very different position. What about the media giving Al Sharpton a platform to spew his hatred? What about the media giving the murders of the WW2 vet and Aussie ball player such short shrift?
The media isn't totally the cause but it has stirred the pot with its bias.
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Because media is ratings driven, and run by corporations. News these days need viewers and need people to be scared so they will keep watching and keep consuming.

MLUTiger · Aug 25, 2013

Winston1 said: ↑

First, let me say this has nothing to do with what happened that night or the trial. Also I have nothing but compassion for Trayvon's parents. Their anguish has been plain to see and I give them a total pass.
What I find disgusting is the media, the left and the civil rights leadership deliberately mischaracterize this and ignore the thousands of African American kids killed by their own. For every Zimmerman or non AA killing there are hundreds of kids killed every month by their own. How many 6 yo little girls and boys are killed in drive bys or in their own home? THAT IS THE REAL TRAGEDY PEOPLE!!!! Yet with the exception of a news blurb here and there, there is no reaction. Where are you Rev Al you fucking ass wipe? Where are you Marc Morial you coke riddled crook? Where are you MSNBC you overpaid shit heads? Where are you president Obama and Atty Gen Holder? You should be the leaders pushing the real issue not some chimera.
They want to make political hay and keep their own down on the political plantation. Votes are more important to them than lives.
Next time someone says something about this the comeback should be a question about all the kids killed in the past week and ask why they aren't upset enough to do something about it.
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So what you're saying is that every death of a black person should receive the same publicity and visibility as the Trayvon Martin death? Honestly I'd rather they just pick one every now and then because I can barely navigate my way through life trying to avoid the one, much less all of them.