Re: Media hypocrisy

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From: Charles Packer
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 1997 00:00

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In article <347FA7A8.39F4@ix.netcom.com>, Alan Grossberg wrote:
>Of course the story isn't about race...at least ostensibly. But do you
>really believe the media would make such a fuss if the family was black?

Yes. The event would have been given _at least_ as much coverage
if the family had been black. In fact, this is one of the
easiest "what if" questions about the news media I've seen in 
a long time...and I've been studying the news media for a real
long time. And (sigh)... I've had an earful on this story from
my girlfriend, who's African-American...and listens to the Tom
Joyner radio show...so I've been paying attention to it
involuntarily.

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packer@clark.net
http://www.clark.net/pub/whatnews/whatnews.html

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From: packer@clark.net (Charles Packer)
Subject: Re: Media hypocrisy
Date: 1997/11/29
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