http://andrewlkennedy.com/blog/2007/04/18/irresponsible-media/ May you hold my kumquat? Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:17:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 http://andrewlkennedy.com/blog/2007/04/18/irresponsible-media/#comment-128 Jessica Mon, 23 Apr 2007 01:28:47 +0000 http://andrewlkennedy.com/blog/2007/04/18/irresponsible-media/#comment-128 I was watching a segment on MSNBC online right after the shooting. The new reporter (or sensationalism reporter) asked a student who had just been shot if the gunman was "black . . . or had a ethnicity!!!" I kid you not. Total racism. Remember the Oklahoma City bombing? No one focused on the fact that the bomber was a white man and part of a radical religous cult. But anytime a non-white person does anything violent the first thing that is focused upon is the ethnicity or "race" and religion. The guys that brought their guns to Columbine weren't described as "white" they were described as "troubled." WTF! I agree with you - this stuff is truly truly messed up. I was watching a segment on MSNBC online right after the shooting. The new reporter (or sensationalism reporter) asked a student who had just been shot if the gunman was “black . . . or had a ethnicity!!!” I kid you not. Total racism. Remember the Oklahoma City bombing? No one focused on the fact that the bomber was a white man and part of a radical religous cult. But anytime a non-white person does anything violent the first thing that is focused upon is the ethnicity or “race” and religion. The guys that brought their guns to Columbine weren’t described as “white” they were described as “troubled.” WTF! I agree with you - this stuff is truly truly messed up.

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