So something I want to try.
A lot of times with the "X while Black" (or similar) threads a common retort is, "Why is this a news story? We don't hear about it every time such and such happens?"
So I want to have a thread where we can post news stories that we think shouldn't be in the news or don't understand why they are in the news.
Now for this to go smoothly we're gonna have at least have a gentleman's agreement that "news story" at least meets some standards beyond "Random anonymous blog post / Tweet I went looking for" kind of stuff.
So if you come across a story in the big, national news organizations and you don't understand / agree with it being considered newsworthy, post it here and we'll talk about it.
Let's see how this works.
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CNN: "Convenience store clerk says customers 'need to go back to their country' in video confrontation."
Link: https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/18/us/co...rnd/index.html
Okay so here's why I don't think this is newsworthy. Everything that was supposed to happen happened.
Three young women enter a convenience store in Naperville, Illinois. The clerk makes several disparage remarks, the girls leave. The police are never called, there is no physical altercation. The head office of the chain of stores gets wind up, the clerk is fired. The mayor spoke out against the event.
That's it. The only "story" in here is "The town of Naperville, Illinois contains at least one racist taintstain." That's it. Nobody in a position of authority defended him or backed him. The police didn't get called and assume his side of the story.
This is the kind of thing that makes the Right froth at the mouth about "race baiting."
A lot of times with the "X while Black" (or similar) threads a common retort is, "Why is this a news story? We don't hear about it every time such and such happens?"
So I want to have a thread where we can post news stories that we think shouldn't be in the news or don't understand why they are in the news.
Now for this to go smoothly we're gonna have at least have a gentleman's agreement that "news story" at least meets some standards beyond "Random anonymous blog post / Tweet I went looking for" kind of stuff.
So if you come across a story in the big, national news organizations and you don't understand / agree with it being considered newsworthy, post it here and we'll talk about it.
Let's see how this works.
__________________________
CNN: "Convenience store clerk says customers 'need to go back to their country' in video confrontation."
Link: https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/18/us/co...rnd/index.html
Okay so here's why I don't think this is newsworthy. Everything that was supposed to happen happened.
Three young women enter a convenience store in Naperville, Illinois. The clerk makes several disparage remarks, the girls leave. The police are never called, there is no physical altercation. The head office of the chain of stores gets wind up, the clerk is fired. The mayor spoke out against the event.
That's it. The only "story" in here is "The town of Naperville, Illinois contains at least one racist taintstain." That's it. Nobody in a position of authority defended him or backed him. The police didn't get called and assume his side of the story.
This is the kind of thing that makes the Right froth at the mouth about "race baiting."
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