AshOnMyTomatoes wrote:
knoxxsouthy wrote:
Jophed,
I'm just happy you're finally admiting the guy grabbed that kid by the neck.
I don't know what you're looking for here. Is anyone in this thread saying "I don't see him grabbing a neck. It looks like a completely normal exchange of pleasantries."
You're really reaching, here. No one is denying anything. The media isn't covering anything up. They've baldly showed him manhandling this kid. What are we meant to be taking from this? Where is this indignation coming from? Yes, the man layed his hands on some young guy. Yes, it was a stupid thing to do. What about it?
I think the point is that there's covering it, and there's
covering it. The perception of public outrage at something is pretty obviously based on whether or not the media follows up the story with stories about the outrage itself. If they go out looking, they can always find it, so it's interesting to see which stories contain that sort of follow up and which don't. Want to guess which category this one is in?
I don't personally think it's such a big deal, but there is a valid point to be made on that front. It's just that it's so ubiquitous that it's almost not worth pointing out anymore. You either see the liberal bias in media coverage or you don't, so I'm not sure what's to be gained by yet another example. If the examples of this every single day don't convince you, this isn't going to either.