[John-A29400]

I'm a journalism student, so I can tell you that the media is an information gate-keeper. It decides what news stories are fed to the public. It is also responsible for how this information is packaged. We know that the No. 1 group victimized by hate groups and hate crimes is minorities. Now, what would happen if the news story you mentioned were aired every day for a month? There would be an increase in hate crimes committed by whites againsts blacks (get them before they get us). Which in turn would cause additional retaliation by blacks, which would cause race relations to deteriorate even further than they already have. Also, news stories are aired on the basis of being newsworthy. After the shooter was arrested and sentenced, he went to jail. The story stopped airing because nothing else happened. Hate crimes committed by whites seem to be aired for a longer period of time because the perpetrators aren't caught immediately. They run away and hide. Once they're caught, 10 out of 10 times, the case always go to trial (a long trial). As long as a situation maintains some news value, it will continue to air.

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Name : John-A29400, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Baptist, Age : 29, City : Charlotte, State : NC Country : United States, Occupation : Office Assistant, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Lower class,