On Thu, 30 Jul 2015 08:03:57 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 7/29/15 5:44 PM, John H. wrote:
Very often NBC here will report an assault, murder, robbery, etc, and not tell the
race or ethnicity of the perpetrator.

Today's story was of a break-in and sexual assault in PG County, again. The
newscaster described the perp as tall and thin, wearing a black mask and black shirt.
Also announced a $25000 reward for info leading to capture, etc. At no time did the
newscaster mention the race of the individual.

However, the same story, on ABC a few minutes earlier, did describe the individual as
African-American, tall and thin ... etc.

So I called NBC news. Asked them why they would mention the reward and ask for
viewers help in capturing the individual but *not* provide the information regarding
race/ethnicity which would narrow down the possibilities by a significant percent.

The response? "That information wasn't available to us." I said, "You mean you knew
he was tall and thin, wearing a black mask and shirt, but didn't get his race?"

The guy says, "Yeah."

I told him that seemed really strange, especially since ABC knew his race.

Kinda weird, but that's almost a nightly occurrence for NBC hereabouts.


I'm going to take another bite out of this apple, because Herring's post
really, truly exhibits his racism.

Who but a hater of black people would call a television news room and
complain that a story it ran *didn't* identify the perpetrator of a
crime by race?

Two TV stations described the perpetrator as "tall and thin," and
probably also described him as wearing a black mask and black shirt.
That information is virtually useless in helping someone other than the
victim identify the perpetrator. What are people supposed to do...call
the police every time they see a tall, thin, black guy wearing a black
shirt? How many hundreds or thousands of calls would that initiate? And
if the guy were white, tall, thin, and wearing a black shirt? Hundreds
or thousands of calls to the police. The "identifying" info in the news
story was useless, as was the mention of the perp's race.

Herring called the news station because he was offended

Offended? That was bull****, ergo the rest is bull****.
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