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An opposing view:

artappraiser — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 17:41:41 +0000

In reply to Opinion: Report On Racism, But Ditch The Labels

An opposing view:

"[Journalism's] language of distance and delicacy is based in good faith; where good faith is absent, delicate language does little more than normalize things like racism and cruelty." @mariabustillos on MSNBC's coverage of Trump and "the Squad."https://t.co/kmew7Nz7oL
— CJR (@CJR) July 18, 2019

Myself, I have a dream that they will never give up on doing it the Keith Woods way and striving to make journalism a real profession. But I have to admit that with the rise of blogging followed by social media, the trajectory of that dream is looking pretty hopeless and we are headed back to the 19th century on this front for quite some time, certainly for my lifetime....

In general I agree that it's

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 07:05:00 +0000

In reply to in case you were racially

In general I agree that it's dangerous territory for the independent part of the press to labelling things X, Y or Z, rather than reporting fully what happened and letting the audience categorize for itself. If there's a story at the border involving drug lords, trafficking 14/15-year-old girls, capturing unknown Mexicans at an illegal crossing, abuse of civilians, and rise of crime on the US side, at what points would an opinion be "racist" vs. trying to assess and handle the situation as an adult? Labelling is often part of framing - if you get them to use your labels, you won the argument, whatever its merits. That's not what we want from news nor news analysis.

Re: another item, "My Father Stood For The Anthem, For The Same Reason That Colin Kaepernick Sits",
I just realized that we put the flag at half-mast for when special people die witthout offending "the troops" or the audience - what happens when nobody black people die at the hands of the police, or when Democracy dies? The military hasn't always been against kneeling for sacred important occasions.

in case you were racially

artappraiser — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 05:02:42 +0000

In reply to Opinion: Report On Racism, But Ditch The Labels

in case you were racially wondering, I'm not ashamed to just do it, okay?

https://www.wprl.org/people/keith-woods