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Originally posted by: fvenis
I live in New York and subscribe to New York Daily News & New York Newsday. I have not seen any mention of this.
Okay, your choice, the New York Daily News. Trayvon was killed on 2/26/12. But the paper did NOT feature a story about the killing:
On 2/27/12
or 2/28/12
or 2/29/12
or 3/1/12
or 3/2/12
or 3/3/12
or 3/4/12
or 3/5/12
or 3/6/12
or 3/7/12
or 3/8/12
Finally, on March 9, the paper covered the killing. Choose a different mainstream media publication and you'll get similar results. Try it.
This story was ignored by the traditional media until public interest, in the form of political blogs, advocacy journalists, public protests, facebook, etc., made the story impossible to ignore. This story was no more driven by mainstream media than was the Arab Spring, the Tea Party Movement, the protests in Iraq, Occupy Wall Street, or the latest viral cat video.
So anyone who cites some non-coverage of a random black-on-white assault as evidence of media bias is playing you for a fool - with apparent success. And they are appealing to any racist resentment you may have within you.
I hope that doesn't describe anyone here.