Posted on 06/15/2020 1:59:21 PM PDT by Altura Ct.
The Tampa Bay Times announced Monday it will no longer publish mug shot galleries of arrests made in the newspaper's circulation area, with the executive editor saying the photo collections "serve little journalistic purpose."
"The galleries lack context and further negative stereotypes," said Tampa Bay Times Executive Editor Mark Katches. "We think the data is an important resource that our newsroom will continue to analyze and watch carefully, but the galleries alone serve little journalistic purpose."
Katches said the paper, which is owned by the Poynter Institute, will still publish individual mug shots with stories when arrests have been made.
The move comes as other state newspapers like the Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun-Sentinel have decided to stop publishing the galleries, which disproportionately feature minorities. The newspaper chain Gannett has also decided to discontinue the photos.
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Why? Non-whites will never be arrested again.
What context?
You get Arrested and your Picture is published in the Newspaper.
The only question is, are the Photos Black and White or Color?
Usually no shortage of white meth heads to balance the mug shots.
An Inconvenient Truth
“”The galleries lack context and further negative stereotypes,” “
Hmmm,maybe the negative stereotypes are furthered by the race and ethnicity of the people being arrested.
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No surprise. In our current fully feminized culture, fashion trumps fact every time. As Dennis Prager likes to point put, truth simply is not a leftwing value.
Okay, stop making sense. It is not permitted...
Look at LAPD most wanted. It looks like the U.N. General Assembly. You’d think LA was Ustinkistan or El Salvador. A total disgrace.
so why would the mug shots be disproportionately minority?...gee, I wonder....
"which disproportionately feature minorities."
Should have said "which disproportionately feature minorities because they commit crime disproportionately relative to their percentage of the population"
Global warming...err...I mean climate change?
Narrative and nudges.
“The galleries lack context and further negative stereotypes,” said Tampa Bay Times Executive Editor Mark Katches
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I’m sure this is true. Just print their names. We’ll figure out the rest.
“Tae’Qalude Jones, Age 21 was arrested on 06/10/2020 for ....”
By that, do they mean that the paper omits some mugshots, deliberately printing more minority mugshots? Or do they mean a disproportionate number of minorities are committing the crimes? Could that be why they are going to quit printing them? They don't want the public to get the right idea?
Orlando paper did the same. Let’s live in pretend land. The results will be fantastic.
Actually, I agree with this policy. An arrest is not a conviction. Subjecting potentially innocent people to public shame (a punishment in itself) is not what our country stands for. I’ve always found the mug shot galleries repugnant. Publish the pics if/when a conviction occurs.
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