Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Video & Multimedia

IrishAyes

(6,151 posts)

5. OF COURSE!

Reply to Emit (Original post)

Thu Mar 7, 2013, 07:27 PM

Mar 2013

.... they misrepresented a little black kid to feed viewers' bigotry and paranoia! If the kid had been white, they would've started off with the part about him wanting to be a cop. Probably would've left out what he might've said about guns, too.

Damn them all to everlasting hell. And SCOTUS thinks bigotry and injustice have already been cured???? In a child's view he was only saying that he wanted to protect good people from bad.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

11 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

4-Year-Old Misquoted To Sound Violent [View all] Emit Mar 2013 OP

No surprise there n/t Scootaloo Mar 2013 #1

So I listen to the news report and... Bay Boy Mar 2013 #2

ie PatrynXX Mar 2013 #3

Classic media manipulation. Robb Mar 2013 #4

OF COURSE! IrishAyes Mar 2013 #5

So this four year old wishes to grow up and get a gun when he becomes a cop. ... spin Mar 2013 #6

I WONDER IF THE NEWSROOM CHERRY PICKED THE 4 YR OLDS REMARKS TO SAY drynberg Mar 2013 #7

How would that "improve ratings"? That makes no sense. Bucky Mar 2013 #8

Because IrishAyes Mar 2013 #9

it is not just this 4 year-old who is fodder for local news' manipulation. It is all of us. KurtNYC Mar 2013 #10

Why on earth would the news station go to all that trouble to say something that was not true? midnight Mar 2013 #11