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ProtectMd wrote:
http://www.nbc4.com/news/11225284/detail.html
This is what happens when you attempt to retreat from armed gangs in Maryland. Now if only this man was armed.... I think it would have turned out differently.
An idea for whoever might have time to pursue it:
I notice the story is oriented around "tragedy," "senseless," "victim." All viewpoints calculated towards, "what a shame, another wasted life, they were good kids" Sympathetic head-shakes and nodsall around.
Read the piece again and notice how they carefully insert words and quotes that steer one's emotions in the direction of letting it pass with a feeling of "what a shame." Of all the words in the English language, they chose exactly the ones you see on your screen to report this. Of all the people they could possibly talk to or interview, they chose to report the words of the people you see on your screen.
When this hits a media that has a place to leave comments, maybe somebody can tell the media jerks to try something like OUTRAGE. A police officer should be saying, "We are pushed beyond all tolerance by the unprovoked killing of our youth, and we will hunt you down and subject you to the full weight of our justice system." The media should be orienting around OUTRAGE. WHY AREN'T THEY?