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NBC in Washngton DC
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. -- Guns don't cause problems. Gun owner behavior causes problems. |