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Originally posted by Rudey
The other aspect of media bias is how much coverage an issue gets. If you report lightning striking a man over and over and over on the news and talk about how awful it is and show the results, I'm sure a lot of people will get scared of lightning.
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I understand the logic of the last few posts.
It's a delima for the media because it's a story that people want to know about because of the scope and sensationalism of the alleged crime itself and the fact that an entire sports team may be involved in stonewalling.
Cops and prosecutors are public officials, and it can be a difficult ethical issue in terms how much of what they say to use or not use.
In terms of pointing out that the woman is black and every member of the team except one is white becomes a part of the story since the one man didn't have to give a DNA sample. In fact, it probably becomes part of the story because of the public racial slurs reported by the witnesses.
This is one of those times where reporting will be criticized no matter what, how much, or how little is said I think.
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