Why do so many Americans distrust the mainstream media? By John Engelman

[LincolnDuncan]

Slavery was rife in sub Saharan Africa. Negro slaves were often the victims of cannibalism and human sacrifice. I have read that Negro slaves in the United States tended to grow taller than free Negroes in Africa, and to live longer. That indicates better health.

Currently American Negroes are better off economically than Negroes in any black run country in the world. This is because they benefit from living in a civilization incomparably better than anything they have ever created anywhere in the world at any time in history.

It cannot be said that we benefit from their presence. Without them our crime rate would be much lower. The costs of our criminal justice and welfare systems would be much lower. The downtown areas of our cities would not be asphalt jungles of crime and moral depravity. They would be centers of civilization.

If white racism was responsible for black social pathology, black rates of crime and illegitimacy would have declined since the civil rights legislation was passed into law and the War on Poverty was declared. Instead, both have risen. The better we treat those people, the worse they behave. This is what conservatives predicted when the civil rights legislation and the War on Poverty were debated.

Unworthy of a thoughtful response. Wallow in your prejudice and ignorance.

 

[JohnEngelman]

Unworthy of a thoughtful response. Wallow in your prejudice and ignorance.

What did I say that is not true?

 

[phrodeau]

How does it tank? What have I said about George Floyd that is not true?

If a black criminals, like George Floyd, is killed at the scene of his most recent crime

He hadn’t committed a crime.

 

[JohnEngelman]

He hadn’t committed a crime.

Excuse me. George Floyd tried to buy something with a counterfeit twenty dollar bill. Then he resisted arrest.

 

[Goldenfinger]

I don’t care what color he was, I don’t care how many kids he had, and I don’t care how many crimes he had committed. I only care as to why what happened. Was the response by the police a reasonable response to the context of the situation.

 

[Goldenfinger]

Excuse me. George Floyd tried to buy something with a counterfeit twenty dollar bill. Then he resisted arrest.

Is that a Capital offense.

 

[phrodeau]

Excuse me. George Floyd tried to buy something with a counterfeit twenty dollar bill. Then he resisted arrest.

That is not a fact.

 

[LincolnDuncan]

That is not a fact.

Be sure to check all of your currency for authenticity. If by chance you pay for something with a bogus bill, you better cop a plea.

 

[JohnEngelman]

Is that a Capital offense.

 

[JohnEngelman]

That is not a fact.

Then George Floyd had nothing to worry about. He should have told his story to the judge. If the twenty dollar bill turned out not to be counterfeit, or if it could not be located, there never would have been a trial.

 

[JohnEngelman]

I don’t care what color he was, I don’t care how many kids he had, and I don’t care how many crimes he had committed. I only care as to why what happened. Was the response by the police a reasonable response to the context of the situation.

I think so George Floyd was a large men. By the time the police came they knew that he had a long criminal record.

 

[Goldenfinger]

I think so George Floyd was a large men. By the time the police came they knew that he had a long criminal record.

How did they know who he was before they made contact?

 

[Pad_Foot]

Be sure to check all of your currency for authenticity. If by chance you pay for something with a bogus bill, you better cop a plea.

What?
Cop a plea because someone gave me a bogus bill? Odds are it was the bank or a merchant
Cop a plea? That doesn’t go well without $$ and a lawyer

 

[phrodeau]

How did they know who he was before they made contact?

Chauvin and Floyd both worked as security at the El Nuevo Rodeo club.

 

[LincolnDuncan]

What?
Cop a plea because someone gave me a bogus bill? Odds are it was the bank or a merchant
Cop a plea? That doesn’t go well without $$ and a lawyer

sarcasm

 

[sr71plt]

Opps, sorry. Was checking my sr71plt stories and forgot I was in that account. KeithD

 

[JohnEngelman]

How did they know who he was before they made contact?

That is a good question. Once the police arrived, the police man who kept his knee on George Floyd's neck had had previous contacts with him.

 

[Goldenfinger]

That is a good question. Once the police arrived, the police man who kept his knee on George Floyd's neck had had previous contacts with him.

They worked at the same club but that doesn’t mean the cop knew his background.

 

[Goldenfinger]

But to answer the original question. No, ovet the years the media has not been a unbiased sourced for news. Also on multiple occasions they have printed assumptions as fact that turned out to be false.

 

[JohnEngelman]

Either you trust the Washington Post, or you don’t. You say that the official story is that George Floyd was a saintly victim, and you cite the Post. So which is it?

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[JohnEngelman]

But to answer the original question. No, ovet the years the media has not been a unbiased sourced for news. Also on multiple occasions they have printed assumptions as fact that turned out to be false.

The first impression of the killing of Trayvon Martin most people got was a story on the 6:00 news. The story showed a sullen, malevolent picture of George Zimmerman, with a smiling, innocent picture of Trayvon Martin taken when he was several years young. The implication was that a brutal racist killed a sweet, innocent black boy just for the fun of it. The mainstream media had access to photos of Zimmerman taken immediately after his encounter with Martin. The mainstream media also had access to photos of a much older Martin, giving a gang symbol, or an obscene sign with his hand. The mainstream media choose not to show those photos.

Whenever the police or another white man kills a black man it is nearly always the case that the black man was a criminal engaged in his most recent crime. These become national news. They frequently provoke black ghetto riots. Whites are killed by blacks all the time. When this happens it is not national news. Frequently the local news media do no report the story, or the do not report the race of the criminal.

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[ll74]

The first impression of the killing of Trayvon Martin most people got was a story on the 6:00 news. The story showed a sullen, malevolent picture of George Zimmerman, with a smiling, innocent picture of Trayvon Martin taken when he was several years young. The implication was that a brutal racist killed a sweet, innocent black boy just for the fun of it. The mainstream media had access to photos of Zimmerman taken immediately after his encounter with Martin. The mainstream media also had access to photos of a much older Martin, giving a gang symbol, or an obscene sign with his hand. The mainstream media choose not to show those photos.

Whenever the police or another white man kills a black man it is nearly always the case that the black man was a criminal engaged in his most recent crime. These become national news. They frequently provoke black ghetto riots. Whites are killed by blacks all the time. When this happens it is not national news. Frequently the local news media do no report the story, or the do not report the race of the criminal.

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A decade ago.

Get new data or stfu

 

[JohnEngelman]

A decade ago.

Get new data or stfu

That was just another illustration. My local newspaper still does not report the race of criminals.

 

[JohnEngelman]

He hadn’t committed a crime.

Floyd passed a counterfeit twenty dollar bill. Then he resisted arrest.

 

[ll74]

That was just another illustration. My local newspaper still does not report the race of criminals.

You don't have any current data because nobody has provided new pictures.

You haven't actually read a single study. The closest you've come is wikipedia.

You cannot find the original data nor provide updated data. Because the pictures you have haven't been updated.

Admit it and stfu