Posted on 05/18/2007 7:03:31 AM PDT by eyedigress
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Bloggers and media critics are complaining that the national media has ignored the rape and murder of a young Knoxville couple because of the racial implications of the story.
Channon Christian, a 21-year-old University of Tennessee student, and her boyfriend, Christopher Newsom, 23, were raped, tortured and killed in January. Separate trial dates were set Thursday for four people charged in the slayings.
Online critics have angrily insisted that reporters are ignoring the story because the victims are white and the defendants are black.
"I am not going to call it reverse racism," said country singer Charlie Daniels, who has written on his Web page about how little he has heard of the case in Nashville, about 150 miles west of Knoxville. "But I will say it is very selective (journalism).
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My keyword says “Racism”. Those are Charlie’s words.
Read it again...
” ...said interracial crime tends to get more coverage THAN when the criminal and victim are of the same race.” (emphasis mine).
The journalist and Ted Gest may or may not be stupid and hypocritical, but his phrasing here is correct.
The original Mr Magoo sometimes misread things too. :)
Is all very simple. Black on White crime = Dog bites Man. White on Black crime = Man bites Dog.
That is why the "Duke Rape Case" made such headlines.
>We live in an age of stunning double standards.<
We live in an age where Evil presides, and there are no standards.
Liar.
Unbelievably sad.
The lack of coverage makes me angry. My prayers are with the families.
I emailed O’Reilly about this many weeks ago since he is so sensitive to “hate” crimes and atrocities against blacks. Oh, and Court TV must be encouraged/forced to carry this trial.
More than two victims...and a survivor.
Are you a part of his premium members audience? Sometimes I think that is all he listens to.
This was all over FoxNews this morning. They had the pictures of the suspects and a discussion about whether or not this should be a “hate” crime.
Good. I don’t have TV access during the day and did not see it at their web site.
Yeah. I can't imagine the hell she experiences in her head after surviving that nightmare.
No. Just used the FOX link.
On their show this morning, Quinn and Rose said that a source inside law enforcement told them one of the accusers is Muslim.
That’s a new one. Thanks
LOL
Good catch. That idiocy blew right past me.
These folks are representatives of lot of the blacks in this country - they hate whites and feel whites are the source of their problems — make no mistake these are savages and deserve the worst possible death penalty possible. Look at those eyes!!!!
A lot of people don’t realize killers like that are all over the place. This is not a safe country.
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