Police have killed 1,646 people since police murdered George Floyd last year. But you didn’t know that because most media have been laser focused on a few isolated thefts of a few luxury stores w/ ample insurance. Priorities. nytimes.com/2021/12/24/us/…
First read this: “LAPD have shot at least 37 people in 2021, mark[ing] a dramatic rise in cases where officers shot or killed people.”
Then ask yourself why the media has dedicated thousands of stories to a few isolated thefts from wealthy luxury stores.
This is story bias.
Then ask yourself why the media has dedicated thousands of stories to a few isolated thefts from wealthy luxury stores.
This is story bias.
LAPD HAVE KILLED FOUR PEOPLE IN JUST THE LAST WEEK. This is in part why police are working overtime to spread disinformation about “crime surges” & scare the public with rare cherry picked cases of violence. They’re trying to deflect attention. Most media keeps helping them.
Outlets & editors are guilty of story bias. Deliberate decisions to report only on outlier sensational cases based on police talking points & outrages they help propel. This gives the public a false sense of what is actually causing harm. And the policies they should demand.
https://twitter.com/scotthech/status/1445823511595868168
Story bias in justice journalism shows up on the statistics reporters choose to report on & how they report them. When FBI statistics released showed violent crime down throughout country, they chose only to focus on homicides & allow police to speculate on their causes.
https://twitter.com/scotthech/status/1445819595210702850
1. Police lied & media published on “surge in violence.” Blamed on reform.
2. Public option shifted, reforms were halted, & people are getting recalled bc of it
3. New data actually to back it up that it was lies
4. Cops now claim credit for decline in crime
2. Public option shifted, reforms were halted, & people are getting recalled bc of it
3. New data actually to back it up that it was lies
4. Cops now claim credit for decline in crime
https://twitter.com/dandrezner/status/1437026537937817600
Story bias: The same week police spread lies & fearmongered about a “surge” in homicides to call for more prison, the most robust study in history was released proving that prison actually fails to produce public safety. No one heard about this historic moment. Still haven’t:
https://twitter.com/ScottHech/status/1447599536004734980
These journalistic missteps are concrete & avoidable. By identifying them, we may be able to provide a roadmap by which to “call in” other media outlets and journalists to ensure that these same mistakes are not replicated. More here: thenation.com/article/societ…
2500 state killings since George Floyd’s murder.
https://twitter.com/_eric_reinhart/status/1475511077827928074
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