Conveniently, the media seems to have forgotten that “silence causes violence”…
Just days after three gunmen shot 23 people and killed two, at a Miami area concert hall, the killers remain on the run. Yet the mainstream media is barely talking about it. Granted, a paragraph with a few facts is hard to come by these days in the mainstream media. But it seems media bias has reached new levels through action—and inaction.
This terrible incident highlights this new level of media bias. And especially so, considering that Miami-Dade County Commissioner Keon Hardemon called the incident “an act of domestic terrorism.” More than 100 rounds were shot at a crowd. And while surveillance video shows the suspects—and their race, if we allow skin color, presumptions, and prejudice to prevail—few media outlets are airing the video, and seem to be avoiding any mention of the $130,000 reward.
Law Officer reviewed several national media outlets just days after the shooting. Yet the surveillance video of both the victims and the suspects isn’t getting much mention or air time—and suspect descriptions might as well be non existent. Outlets such as CBS, ABC, USA Today, BBC, and Yahoo never mentioned any description of the suspects—or the victims. Although, they at least covered the story, which is more than many other media outlets have done.
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