CNN's Pereira Bemoans Chicago Violence 'Taking A Back Seat in the Headlines;' CNN Barely Covers

MRC ^ | 8/19/2014 | Matthew Balan

[South40]

On Tuesday's This Hour, Michaela Pereira endorsed guest L. Z. Granderson's take on the media's extensive coverage of the ongoing turmoil in Ferguson, Missouri in the wake of the shooting death of Michael Brown. The liberal commentator pointed out that "this past weekend, we had over 30 people shot – seven of them died – in the neighborhoods in Chicago – many of them black and brown. None of that was covered."

Pereira replied to Granderson by asserting that "because of Ferguson, Chicago is sort of taking a back seat in the headlines. And Chicago's a very concerning thing, and we need to keep watching. We need to keep addressing what's going on there." One wonders if the anchor will criticize her own network, as CNN has only mentioned the violence in the Windy City twice over the past week. Back on the August 13, 2014 edition of The Lead, Jake Tapper cited a recent column by Jesse Jackson:

[Darksheare]

Newsies don’t care about redforce on redforce hatecrime.
(Similar to videogame AI on AI hatecrime, or soccer “own goal”, or football “ safety” sack in the endzone.)

[Parley Baer]

That is because none of those nasty White people where involved. Black on black crime goes against the narrative.

[dynachrome]

Race of Victim

Race
Homicides

Black 203 79.9%

Hispanic 35 13.8%

White/Other 16 6.3%

As of 8/18/14

Excellent site for Chicago crime/murder stats:
http://heyjackass.com/

[ViLaLuz]

Because of the strict gun control laws in Chicago there is no crime to report.

[Henry Hnyellar]

Those two will hear from the IRS soon.

[Salvation]

**this past weekend, we had over 30 people shot – seven of them died – in the neighborhoods in Chicago – many of them black and brown.**

This happens all the time, every weekend. Why don’t they cover it?

[South40]

This happens all the time, every weekend. Why don’t they cover it?

Because it is black on black crime. Throw a white male into the mix and they would be all over it. Assuming, of course, the white male was the shooter.

[blam]

"Those two will hear from the IRS soon."

May be worse:

‘Retaliation’: Docs show state prosecutors’ launched mini-NSA probe of state conservatives

[Hotlanta Mike]

Bill Whittle: Ferguson and the real race war

Bill Whittle does it again:

Since the shooting of Michael Brown by a white policeman and the ensuing riots and looting in Ferguson, MO, Americans have been told, yet again, that there is an epidemic of crime against black people in this country. But is there really a race war, and if so, which side is actually waging it?

http://therightscoop.com/bill-whittle-ferguson-and-the-real-race-war/