Is the media inciting the Ferguson riots?

MMC · Nov 30, 2014

ttwtt78640 said:
I blame the white leaders for not getting while folks riled up to riot too.

The media knows that it is harder to get folks riled up over the police shooting of white folks and armed folks so those stories get less coverage. Better to use examples of the younger black unarmed folks getting shot by police - that demographic seems more prone to creating even more news to cover.

Better yet.....use a different perspective to get the Liberal MS media all up into their touchy feelings.

Photo of Cop Hugging Boy at Ferguson Protest Tells Poignant Story

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Sometimes, all you really need is a good hug......snip~

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Sabanist · Nov 30, 2014

twixie1 said:
Yes I can understand that..but this issue must be investigated..Why are so many young black men being shot dead by white officers?

Bustle

There is something wrong.

Wouldnt the more appropriate question be why are so many young black men committing violent crimes? Cops wouldnt be shooting them if they werent

jamesrage · Dec 1, 2014

MaggieD said:
I can't really say I think the media is inciting violence, no. The race-baiters are inciting violence. The Al Sharptons of our country are inciting violence. Opportunists in Ferguson and around the country are inciting violence. I just haven't noticed the press intentionally aggravating the situation.

There is no reason to mention race in a suspect involved shooting unless it is to imply that the suspect was shot because of his race.But the media went with while male officer shot unarmed black teen. As I said in my first post when someone burglarizes a home they don't say mention the suspect's and victim's skin color. Nor was there any reason for the media to keep mentioning the story day after day when they practically ignore other stories of police shooting suspects.

When "man bites dog" the press reports. It's always been thus. Would you have the press become gender neutral as well? Perhaps we should start reporting that humanoids are committing crimes.

The press could have went with different headlines that didn't mention race.

"Unarmed robbery suspect shot while allegedly assaulting police officer"
"Police officer shoots unarmed man that allegedly was assaulting him."
"Suspect shot while allegedly assaulting a police officer"
"Police officer allegedly shot unarmed robbery suspect that was assaulting him."

ThePlayDrive · Dec 1, 2014

jamesrage said:
Is the media inciting the Ferguson riots?

I say yes.There is no reason to mention the races of the individuals involved is such a shooting unless it is to instill the idea that the reason that one individual was shot because of skin and the individual who did the shooting did so because of race. When someone burglarizes a house they don't say a hispanic,black, white or whatever burglarized the the home of a white,hispanic, black of whatever homeowner. Other police shootings do not get as much attention as this story. If the media did not do these things I seriously doubt there would be any riots in Ferguson.

The media didn't report the Ferguson story until after it had already become a HUGE story on social networks after one of the witnesses live-Tweeted the shooting and its aftermath. People on social networks had already "made the story about race" well before the media got a hold of it. The media was only reporting what the story had already become. Beyond that, if you don't want "race riots", then work on subverting racial discrimination against people of color instead of getting mad at the media.

notquiteright · Dec 1, 2014

For all the attempts to blame the media for inciting riots, I recall the CON whine is always the media reports too much when a CON is uncomfortable with added facts and is all up in arms when the media 'ignores' an event CONdom thinks is major (usually a story critical of Dems and usually covered by the media)

A GOP rep gets in trouble and the question is why mention his party?

A white homeowner shoots a black teen girl on his porch and the question is why mention race?

But CONs clamor for 'full disclosure' when it suits.... oh well, that's the nature of the beast I suppose...

Anyway it isn't the media pushing the social unrest around the nation. It is the real or thought to be true feeling many have the Justice System is slanted in a direction many folks don't like. Couple that with the ability for damn near anyone to go online, or these days Tweet, whatever they want that can circulate information (true or false) before any media outlet gets wind of it.

We see the spread of false chain emails all the time in here. That isn't the media. That be us....

ocean515 · Dec 1, 2014

Phys251 said:
It's attitudes such as these that justify the need to have open and honest conversations about race. If we would just stop talking about hunger, would the problem of hunger disappear?

Ridiculous. It's attitudes like this that blocks any honest discussion. If we just focus on hunger, we'll never learn why people can't find food.

Phys251 · Dec 1, 2014

ocean515 said:
Ridiculous. It's attitudes like this that blocks any honest discussion. If we just focus on hunger, we'll never learn why people can't find food.

Stop trying to stifle the discussion about race. If there really is no systematic oppression of blacks, then you have nothing to hide. Your defensiveness implies that you (plural) have something to hide.

ocean515 · Dec 1, 2014

Phys251 said:
Stop trying to stifle the discussion about race. If there really is no systematic oppression of blacks, then you have nothing to hide. Your defensiveness implies that you (plural) have something to hide.

Stop trying to stifle the discussion about race? Ok. Invent whatever spin you want. Makes perfect sense.

eace

Your paranoia about looking behind the curtain illustrates you (plural) not only have something to hide, but you (plural) are too ashamed to admit it.

DA60 · Dec 1, 2014

They sure don't seem to be helping.

Phys251 · Dec 1, 2014

ocean515 said:
Stop trying to stifle the discussion about race? Ok. Invent whatever spin you want. Makes perfect sense. eace

Your paranoia about looking behind the curtain illustrates you (plural) not only have something to hide, but you (plural) are too ashamed to admit it.

Okay then, let's have that conversation, if you're so confident that you will win it. Let's talk about the history of race and racism in this country. Let's compare and contrast how racism has looked across the various years of US history.

ocean515 · Dec 1, 2014

Phys251 said:
Okay then, let's have that conversation, if you're so confident that you will win it. Let's talk about the history of race and racism in this country. Let's compare and contrast how racism has looked across the various years of US history.

LOL

Oh sure, let's do that. In fact, let's go back thousands of years and get to the heart of the issue one and for all. We can debate ancient Greece, and their treatment of captives, then we can move on to some of the other lessor tribes in ancient Mesopotamia.

Too funny. Sorry, but I'm not interested for whatever reason you come back with.

Ikari · Dec 1, 2014

jamesrage said:
Is the media inciting the Ferguson riots?

I say yes.There is no reason to mention the races of the individuals involved is such a shooting unless it is to instill the idea that the reason that one individual was shot because of skin and the individual who did the shooting did so because of race. When someone burglarizes a house they don't say a hispanic,black, white or whatever burglarized the the home of a white,hispanic, black of whatever homeowner. Other police shootings do not get as much attention as this story. If the media did not do these things I seriously doubt there would be any riots in Ferguson.

The media incites everything. Ferguson, Ebola, terrorism, etc. US media is ratings driven and is nothing more than sensationalist tripe.

tech30528 · Dec 1, 2014

Phys251 said:
Okay then, let's have that conversation, if you're so confident that you will win it. Let's talk about the history of race and racism in this country. Let's compare and contrast how racism has looked across the various years of US history.

Let's find proof that any individual today is actually a racist based on history. Better, let's justify calling white people racists because they are white and then justify not judging other groups as a whole. Better yet, let's tell Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Obama and Holder to quit stirring the pot. Racism today is a for profit venture, and guilt is doled out without justification for the sake of that profit. The problem in Ferguson was not racial, it was cultural. Institutional racism is what creates the mentality that causes a young black man to attack a white officer to begin with. Most of us learn better early in life from our parents. Maybe that is where we should start. There is a serious problem in black culture as far as the family structure goes.

Gonzo Rodeo · Dec 1, 2014

twixie1 said:
Yes I can understand that..but this issue must be investigated..Why are so many young black men being shot dead by white officers?

Bustle

There is something wrong.

Most officers are white.

Crime is a poverty problem, and blacks are disproportionately in poverty. As such, statistics predict most interactions between officers and presumed criminals (including violent interactions) will be between white cops and black citizens.

Simple statistics rarely reflect a chosen medua narrative, though. Headlines sell newspapers (or more appropriately, get clicks). The problem of violence perpetrated against blacks and BY blacks is almost entirely rooted in nonracist causes, but poverty isn't sensational. Even the story of black poverty isn't reported without sensationalized racism injected for the purpose of selling stories.

It would be nice if people cared enough to educate themselves. In a non biased manner, of course.

twixie1 · Dec 1, 2014

Gonzo Rodeo said:
Most officers are white.

Crime is a poverty problem, and blacks are disproportionately in poverty. As such, statistics predict most interactions between officers and presumed criminals (including violent interactions) will be between white cops and black citizens.

Simple statistics rarely reflect a chosen medua narrative, though. Headlines sell newspapers (or more appropriately, get clicks). The problem of violence perpetrated against blacks and BY blacks is almost entirely rooted in nonracist causes, but poverty isn't sensational. Even the story of black poverty isn't reported without sensationalized racism injected for the purpose of selling stories.

It would be nice if people cared enough to educate themselves. In a non biased manner, of course.

That is a good post Gonzo..I lack your eloquence..whilst most people on here are baying for blood..Hmmm..Those blacks again..without asking WHY???

14 Words · Dec 1, 2014

There does seem to more media present than perpetrators. Why do such tensions only occur in integrated communities? Strange , the Ozark mountain range is not far from Ferguson. A nice peaceful area for the multicultural fatigued officer Wilson to seek a well deserved , peaceful retirement.

Interesting observation. Klan members in full regalia have been seen escorting PTSD inflicted elderly Whites through enemy occupied territory. Many were spotted directlng traffic and peotecting White Children and White Elderly.

Gonzo Rodeo · Dec 1, 2014

twixie1 said:
That is a good post Gonzo..I lack your eloquence..whilst most people on here are baying for blood..Hmmm..Those blacks again..without asking WHY???

Don't get me wrong, there are legitimate racial issues in this country, especially in the issue of black poverty and crime. But Michael Brown wasn't shot because he was black.

That's the sensational story and the false narrative. It's also a dangerous narrative that has cost lives and property.

twixie1 · Dec 1, 2014

Gonzo Rodeo said:
Don't get me wrong, there are legitimate racial issues in this country, especially in the issue of black poverty and crime. But Michael Brown wasn't shot because he was black.

That's the sensational story and the false narrative. It's also a dangerous narrative that has cost lives and property.

I agree..what would be your solution?

Flamethrower · Dec 1, 2014

Lovebug said:
We shouldn't dismiss that the Ferguson community has legitimate grievances, boiling over at the unfortunate death of this young man. What could have been a catalyst for the community to come together turned into a media circus. Soon the media whores came running to fuel the fire, just to go away and leave a community in shambles. Rioters distracted from the real issues at hand, and hatred and distrust and misgivings have ripped this town only further apart.
Had the media not been there, would the hate mongers have come? I am not sure. The age old question must be asked, "what came first, the chicken or the egg".

Any resident of Ferguson who supports the black thug culture is illegitimate. They have no one to blame but themselves. Any parent or guardian that lets their kids run wild and join violent street gangs are completely in the wrong. Anyone who purchases hip -hop gangsta rap music and paraphernalia are part of the problem. The most to blame are the older kids who know they are in the wrong acting like criminals and disrespectful anarchists.

Change the culture is best first step.

Phys251 · Dec 1, 2014

ocean515 said:
LOL

Oh sure, let's do that. In fact, let's go back thousands of years and get to the heart of the issue one and for all. We can debate ancient Greece, and their treatment of captives, then we can move on to some of the other lessor tribes in ancient Mesopotamia.

Too funny. Sorry, but I'm not interested for whatever reason you come back with.

tech30528 said:
Let's find proof that any individual today is actually a racist based on history. Better, let's justify calling white people racists because they are white and then justify not judging other groups as a whole. Better yet, let's tell Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Obama and Holder to quit stirring the pot. Racism today is a for profit venture, and guilt is doled out without justification for the sake of that profit. The problem in Ferguson was not racial, it was cultural. Institutional racism is what creates the mentality that causes a young black man to attack a white officer to begin with. Most of us learn better early in life from our parents. Maybe that is where we should start. There is a serious problem in black culture as far as the family structure goes.

White privilege detected.

tech30528 · Dec 1, 2014

Phys251 said:
White privilege detected.

Yeah. Not feeling it. I'm a small business owner in Georgia. Back when we were getting started we were broke, lost our home to foreclosure, sold everything we had of value except the couple of old cars we used to get to work, and still, being white and self employed, were ineligible for EBT or any other kind of assistance. If I gave up the struggling start up I would have been eligible. The very nice hispanic woman at the social services, when asked how it could possibly be that we couldn't get any help at all, pointed at the ethnicity sector of the application and the "white" box with the checkmark in it. Everybody has their crosses to bear. I am of Polish descent, I have (had) relatives who came here fleeing Nazi Germany, and many who did not escape. This was not nearly as long ago as slavery, and yet I harbor no ill will toward Germans. Let it go. Goading people and accusing them of racism until you finally piss them off so you can capture a sound bite is childish at best. Continuing to blame your present circumstances on something that happened over 100 years ago is a cop out and a poor excuse for poor personal behavior.

Northern Light · Dec 1, 2014

I put yes because the media is responsible for what it puts out.

In reality, it's the fault of people who watch and believe the media. People have turned off their brains severely in the past 10-15 years, and the media that we used to trust is no longer trustworthy. 5 or 6 people own more than 85% all of U.S. broadcasting now. But we have grown stupid as a people, and wait for our next instructions to be broadcast.

The fault always lies with the People for tolerating tyranny and propaganda. You don't have to watch. In fact it's better if you don't.

jamesrage · Dec 1, 2014

ThePlayDrive said:
The media didn't report the Ferguson story until after it had already become a HUGE story on social networks after one of the witnesses live-Tweeted the shooting and its aftermath. People on social networks had already "made the story about race" well before the media got a hold of it. The media was only reporting what the story had already become..

There was no reason for the media to mention race unless it was to push the narrative of racism. What social networks say is irrelevant. The media could have said unarmed suspect shot while allegedly assaulting a police officer or some other similar headline that had nothing to do with race. Nor did they need to constantly air the story dad after day,especially when they do not do that for other police shooting suspect stories.

Beyond that, if you don't want "race riots", then work on subverting racial discrimination against people of color instead of getting mad at the media

There was no racial discrimination in this case.So your point is irrelevant. Contrary to popular liberal belief they do not issue the cops black men hunting licenses nor are police prowling the streets for black men to shoot.

MMC · Dec 1, 2014

jamesrage said:
There was no reason for the media to mention race unless it was to push the narrative of racism. What social networks say is irrelevant. The media could have said unarmed suspect shot while allegedly assaulting a police officer or some other similar headline that had nothing to do with race. Nor did they need to constantly air the story dad after day,especially when they do not do that for other police shooting suspect stories.

There was no racial discrimination in this case.So your point is irrelevant. Contrary to popular liberal belief they do not issue the cops black men hunting licenses nor are police prowling the streets for black men to shoot.

Heya JR. :2wave: Charles Barkley sounded off on it and he thinks much of it has to do with the Media.

Why Charles Barkley supports the Ferguson grand jury decision.....

Former NBA star Charles Barkley recently called Ferguson looters "scumbags," praised police officers who work in black neighborhoods, and said he supports the decision made by the grand jury not to indict officer Darren Wilson in the Michael Brown shooting. "The true story came out from the grand jury testimony," Barkley said, adding that he was made aware of "key forensic evidence, and several black witnesses that supported Officer Darren Wilson’s story..." He continued, "I can’t believe anything I hear on television anymore. And, that’s why I don’t like talking about race issues with the media anymore, because they (the media) love this stuff, and lead people to jump to conclusions. The media shouldn’t do that. They never do that when black people kill each other. "

And in a marked departure from other prominent black leaders who have questioned tactics used by officers and, in some cases, accused officers of racial profiling and outright racism, Barkley supported police officers, especially those who work in black neighborhoods.

“[W]e have to be really careful with the cops, because if it wasn’t for the cops we would be living in the Wild, Wild West in our neighborhoods," he said. "We can’t pick out certain incidentals that don’t go our way and act like the cops are all bad.... Do you know how bad some of these neighborhoods would be if it wasn't for the cops?”.....snip~

Why Charles Barkley supports the Ferguson grand jury decision

Gonzo Rodeo · Dec 1, 2014

twixie1 said:
I agree..what would be your solution?

Try not to stoke the fire.

Stoking the fire is pricisely what divisive politics and sensational media does, however. So, I guess take that as you will.

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