Media Dishonesty and Race Hustlers

[bonnie]

Media Dishonesty and Race Hustlers

by Walter E. Williams

Recently by Walter E. Williams: Profiling

When NBC's "Today" show played the audio of George Zimmerman's call to a Sanford, Fla., police dispatcher about Trayvon Martin, the editors made him appear to be a racist who says: "This guy looks like he's up to no good. He looks black." What Zimmerman actually said was: "This guy looks like he's up to no good or he's on drugs or something. It's raining, and he's just walking around, looking about." The 911 officer responded by asking, "OK, and this guy – is he black, white or Hispanic?" Zimmerman replied, "He looks black." NBC says it's investigating the doctoring of the audio, but there's nothing to investigate; its objective was to inflame passions.

In his Associated Press article titled "Old photos may be deceptive in Fla. shooting case," Matt Sedensky pointed out that the photos carried by the major media were several years old and showed Zimmerman looking fat and mean and Martin looking like a sweet young kid.

Jesse Jackson told the Los Angeles Timesthat "blacks are under attack" and that "targeting, arresting, convicting blacks and ultimately killing us is big business," adding that Martin is "a martyr." President Barack Obama chimed in by saying, "If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon."

Let's look at some non-news cases. On March 14 in Tulsa, Okla., a white couple suffered a home invasion by Tyrone Woodfork, a 20-year-old black man. Ninety-year-old Bob Strait suffered a broken jaw and broken ribs in the attack. His 85-year-old wife, Nancy, was sexually assaulted and battered to death, ending their 65-year marriage.

On March 4, two black Kansas City, Mo., youths doused a 13-year-old boy in gasoline and set him on fire, telling him, "You get what you deserve, white boy." Last summer, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel ordered an emergency shutdown of the beaches in Chicago because mobs of blacks were terrorizing white families.

Several years ago, in Knoxville, Tenn., a young white couple was kidnapped by four blacks. The girl was forced to witness her boyfriend's rape, torture and subsequent murder before she was raped, tortured and murdered. Before disposing of her body, the three men and one woman poured bleach or some other cleaning agent down her throat in an effort to destroy DNA evidence. A jury found the four guilty, and they were sentenced, but because of the judge's drug use, a retrial is being considered.

None of those black-on-white atrocities made anywhere near the news that the Trayvon Martin case made, and it's deliberate. Editors for the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, and the Chicago Tribune admitted to deliberately censoring information about black crime for political reasons, in an effort to "guard against subjecting an entire group of people to suspicion."

One doesn't have to be a liberal, conservative, Democrat or Republican to see the danger posed by America's race hustlers, who are stacking up piles of combustible racial kindling and ready for a racial arsonist to set it ablaze. Recruiters for white hate groups must love President Obama's demagoguery in saying that a son of his would look like Trayvon but not saying that Melissa Coon's 13-year-old son, who was set on fire, could have looked like a son of his. After all, the president is just as much white as he is black.

Even if the president and his liberal allies in the media and assorted civil rights hustlers don't care much about blacks murdering whites, what about blacks murdering blacks? During a mid-March weekend in Chicago, 49 people were shot, 10 fatally, including a 6-year-old black girl, making for more than 100 murders this year. Philadelphia isn't far behind, with murder clipping along at one a day since the beginning of 2012. Have we heard Obama make a statement about this carnage or that most homicide victims are black and that their murderers are black? No, and we won't, because black-on-black crime, like black-on-white crime, does not fit the liberal narrative of the continuing problem of white racism.

[Woody]

Yes. Thank you for posting this Bonnie.

Never before has the President of the USA been so involved in police matters. I believe it was one of his first acts to get involved in something he later regretting. I believe the two combatants made up over a beer.

But why does the prez continue to do what he should not be doing - speaking of that which he knoweth not.

[phkrause]

Yes. Thank you for posting this Bonnie.

Never before has the President of the USA been so involved in police matters. I believe it was one of his first acts to get involved in something he later regretting. I believe the two combatants made up over a beer.

But why does the prez continue to do what he should not be doing - speaking of that which he knoweth not.

He gets the same news we do, and speaks the same as we all do!! Knowing nothing about it, but what we read! Just as this article, we take it at face value. Now I'll ask you, did Obama hold a press conference to tell his opinion? or was he asked about his opinion on the matter?

[bonnie]

He gets the same news we do, and speaks the same as we all do!! Knowing nothing about it, but what we read! Just as this article, we take it at face value. Now I'll ask you, did Obama hold a press conference to tell his opinion? or was he asked about his opinion on the matter?

Doesn't matter if he held a press conference or answered a question.

When he answers a question one would hope it is his personal opinion and not just for fodder to fuel the flames.

You don't need to take the article at face value.It is a matter of record.

Obama is the one that you(general) bend over backwards to take at face value.

He is laughingly supposed to be the president of the US,that is all skin color.

Both he and Eric Holder have failed miserably or succeeded,depending on what you (general) would like to see happen.

There is no excuse for the actions of Eric Holder,NONE!!!!!!

Unfortunately this seems more about payback for white racism than any true concern for the tragic death of a young teen.

Had both parties been black it would have been little more than a blip,had the shooter been black even less,had both been white a big yawn by the media,racial pimps,and the politically correct.It is not that Martin was so important to most,his skin color alone made him a hero.

If the current situation of young blacks were so important the senseless slaughter of young blacks by blacks would get at least half as much attention.Maybe a few more should be providing their time and energy as Zimmerman did tutoring black children for free.That doesn't get the ratings tho that the continual cry of white racism gets.Doesn't put much money in the coffers of Jackson and Sharpton.Maybe they could mentor both black and white children for free.

The news media admits to what you deny

[Guest]

The news media admits to what you deny

It's true.

[Guest]

I have always liked Walter E. Williams.

[Woody]

I have always liked Walter E. Williams.

Yes. And he speaks with authority on the subject.

[Dr. Shane]

I think the whole Trayvon story has been mostly media hype to getting ratings and sell advertising. I think the media saw the opportunity to stir up the racist pot and that is always good for ratings. There is Hispanic and Black crime and Black on Hispanic crime all the time and it rarely makes the news, especially the national media. In this case a Hispanic guy happened to have a white person's last name. I doubt the media would have run with with story if the Hispanic's last name had been Rodriguez or Gonzalez.

The court system will deal with this incident and just will most likely prevail. It doesn't seem there were any racist motives since Zimmerman it has been reported that Zimmerman tutors black students and has good relations with black people. This doesn't appear to be a case of some Klansman or white supremest executing a black kid. However the court will sort that out.

[Woody]

I think the whole Trayvon story has been mostly media hype to getting ratings and sell advertising. I think the media saw the opportunity to stir up the racist pot and that is always good for ratings. There is Hispanic and Black crime and Black on Hispanic crime all the time and it rarely makes the news, especially the national media. In this case a Hispanic guy happened to have a white person's last name. I doubt the media would have run with with story if the Hispanic's last name had been Rodriguez or Gonzalez.

The court system will deal with this incident and just will most likely prevail. It doesn't seem there were any racist motives since Zimmerman it has been reported that Zimmerman tutors black students and has good relations with black people. This doesn't appear to be a case of some Klansman or white supremest executing a black kid. However the court will sort that out.

Excellent observation.

[Guest]

Originally Posted By: RLH

I have always liked Walter E. Williams.

Yes. And he speaks with authority on the subject.

Walter E. Williams

[Dottie]

Yes, but it bothers me when he says, "Amurrica." :)