The media obsesses over racism because it is easy

[desura]

and is a quick and easy way to get clicks.

Like, the latest scandal is over something Steve King said.

But the fact is that an article about racism is really really easy to write. No reporting is required, you can do all of your research by combing through twitter feeds. Don't have to leave the comforts of western society or outlay any expense for a bureau in the field. No language barrier or culture barrier or security needed. Indignant readers get "triggered" by anything hinting at racism and the publication gets to play both moralist and effectively a cheap horror film.

There is a clear villain, and occasionally they get lucky and get themselves a scalp! Yet, it is a crusade that never quite is resolved.

It is like the modern day Where's Waldo for the stupid people who staff The Atlantic.

But what it really does is show how the modern media environment has deteriorated so that news organizations aren't doing deep work anymore.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

like creating a thread about the calling out of racism.
And steve king is a racist twatwaffle of epic proportions, that guy needs to be nut punched and hard.

 

[agent00f]

and is a quick and easy way to get clicks.

Like, the latest scandal is over something Steve King said.

But the fact is that an article about racism is really really easy to write. No reporting is required, you can do all of your research by combing through twitter feeds. Don't have to leave the comforts of western society or outlay any expense for a bureau in the field. No language barrier or culture barrier or security needed. Indignant readers get "triggered" by anything hinting at racism and the publication gets to play both moralist and effectively a cheap horror film.

There is a clear villain, and occasionally they get lucky and get themselves a scalp! Yet, it is a crusade that never quite is resolved.

It is like the modern day Where's Waldo for the stupid people who staff The Atlantic.

But what it really does is show how the modern media environment has deteriorated so that news organizations aren't doing deep work anymore.

Worth pondering why it's about as easy to accuse racists of being racist as it is to accuse browns of being brown.

 

[feralkid]

But what it really does is show how the modern media environment has deteriorated so that news organizations aren't doing deep work anymore.

Not the shit you read, maybe.

 

[Jhhnn]

and is a quick and easy way to get clicks.

Like, the latest scandal is over something Steve King said.

But the fact is that an article about racism is really really easy to write. No reporting is required, you can do all of your research by combing through twitter feeds. Don't have to leave the comforts of western society or outlay any expense for a bureau in the field. No language barrier or culture barrier or security needed. Indignant readers get "triggered" by anything hinting at racism and the publication gets to play both moralist and effectively a cheap horror film.

There is a clear villain, and occasionally they get lucky and get themselves a scalp! Yet, it is a crusade that never quite is resolved.

It is like the modern day Where's Waldo for the stupid people who staff The Atlantic.

But what it really does is show how the modern media environment has deteriorated so that news organizations aren't doing deep work anymore.

Steve King throws it in their faces, again, but the media is supposed to do what, exactly? Just ignore it?

If they don't then they must really be the enemy of the people.

 

[justoh]

Just because the narrator in "the stand" uses the n word? Don't be ridiculous. No racism found.

 

[Moonbeam]

and is a quick and easy way to get clicks.

Like, the latest scandal is over something Steve King said.

But the fact is that an article about racism is really really easy to write. No reporting is required, you can do all of your research by combing through twitter feeds. Don't have to leave the comforts of western society or outlay any expense for a bureau in the field. No language barrier or culture barrier or security needed. Indignant readers get "triggered" by anything hinting at racism and the publication gets to play both moralist and effectively a cheap horror film.

There is a clear villain, and occasionally they get lucky and get themselves a scalp! Yet, it is a crusade that never quite is resolved.

It is like the modern day Where's Waldo for the stupid people who staff The Atlantic.

But what it really does is show how the modern media environment has deteriorated so that news organizations aren't doing deep work anymore.

Just because you are a bigot and don't like the mud that's going to be thrown in your face because bigotry is so ugly doesn't mean you are going to convince people who aren't bigots that you are bigotry free by getting them to believe some bull-shit about how all the focus that falls on bigots like you is for click bate reasons. That's just lame. All you are going to achieve by starting that clown act is to get yourself called a STUPID bigot. I will give you a couple of points for creativity though and a few more for the laugh.

 

[Meghan54]

Stupid bigots....both King and you.

and is a quick and easy way to get clicks.

Like, the latest scandal is over something Steve King said.

But the fact is that an article about racism is really really easy to write. No reporting is required, you can do all of your research by combing through twitter feeds. Don't have to leave the comforts of western society or outlay any expense for a bureau in the field. No language barrier or culture barrier or security needed. Indignant readers get "triggered" by anything hinting at racism and the publication gets to play both moralist and effectively a cheap horror film.

There is a clear villain, and occasionally they get lucky and get themselves a scalp! Yet, it is a crusade that never quite is resolved.

It is like the modern day Where's Waldo for the stupid people who staff The Atlantic.

But what it really does is show how the modern media environment has deteriorated so that news organizations aren't doing deep work anymore.

 

[sdifox]

So do your part by not being a racist?

 

[fskimospy]

Well guys we cracked the case! The real problem isn't elected officials saying racist things, it's that the media keeps telling people about it.

 

[brycejones]

Maybe the GOP (yes I said it) should make it harder by having fewer raging racists in office?

I guess the op is a bit sensitive about his own bigotry being called out so he is trying the classic "But the media!" routine.

OP your problem is easily fixed stop being a bigoted douche and stop following bigoted douche bags.

 

[Homerboy]

Jesus OP... you truly are a special kind of dumb.
You're going to say there hasn't been rampant racism all throughout history up to and including present day? With and without media present to cover it?

 

[HomerJS]

Jesus OP... you truly are a special kind of dumb.
You're going to say there hasn't been rampant racism all throughout history up to and including present day? With and without media present to cover it?

Yeah and the rampant rise of hate crimes since Jan is all imagined. OP just wants to bury his head in the sand.

BTW - why is the following always the righty response to racism? Ignore it and it will just go away or "it doesn't really exist"?

 

[thraashman]

Maybe the GOP (yes I said it) should make it harder by having fewer raging racists in office?

I guess the op is a bit sensitive about his own bigotry being called out so he is trying the classic "But the media!" routine.

OP your problem is easily fixed stop being a bigoted douche and stop following bigoted douche bags.

The problem is that people who vote for the GOP don't want their representatives to not be racist. Trump got elected running on a clear white nationalist platform pushed by the white nationalist propaganda media (Breitbart) and supported by all the major white racist groups and organizations (KKK, 4Chan, NRA, Red Pill, Stormfront). As much as the GOP and GOP voters hate being called racists, they sure do love them some minority hate and white nationalism.

 

[alien42]

you've gotta be a pretty huge POS to start a pitiful racist excuse thread like this.

 

[Moonbeam]

Yeah and the rampant rise of hate crimes since Jan is all imagined. OP just wants to bury his head in the sand.

BTW - why is the following always the righty response to racism? Ignore it and it will just go away or "it doesn't really exist"?

There are, I think, a number of reasons for this. Most younger American conservative adults are not traditionally bigoted in the sense that they voted for and supported a racist system. None of them, as it were, ever owned slaves. And they do not experience themselves, what it like to be racially identified and discriminated against. The left over lingering racism of our culture is invisible to them so when they hear complaints about racism they think it is just people whining and using it as an excuse for their own failure and lack of initiative. And also, unfortunately, we create what we fear. The racist past of America has done tremendous psychological damage to those it was directed against such that we do not all actually start out in a level playing field. People who have been put down constantly and powerfully for lifetimes internalize those feelings and once that happens they act exactly as described. They learn to internalize and manifest self hate with all of its unpleasant side effects thereby lending credence to the notion of some sort of genetic inferiority. There is nothing so easy to do as to hate people who hate themselves because they act so hatefully. And away we go America,,,,,,,,WEEEEEEEEEEEE!

 

[woolfe9998]

The OP is rather correct in his claim that the media obsesses over racism as a way to get "clicks." This is an accurate observation of what motivates the media. However, it should also be noted that the media is obsessed with anything that is controversial, and in this country, racism is a highly controversial topic.

 

[desura]

The OP is rather correct in his claim that the media obsesses over racism as a way to get "clicks." This is an accurate observation of what motivates the media. However, it should also be noted that the media is obsessed with anything that is controversial, and in this country, racism is a highly controversial topic.

But racism is the easiest of all topics to write about. Of all the controversial topics out there, like say abortion, you have to do actual research, you have to travel to physical places and talk to actual experts and activists.

Racism, just need twitter and talk some poetry about how it makes you feel.

 

[desura]

Yeah and the rampant rise of hate crimes since Jan is all imagined. OP just wants to bury his head in the sand.

BTW - why is the following always the righty response to racism? Ignore it and it will just go away or "it doesn't really exist"?

Even then--how many articles in the Atlantic have you seen where the reporter has actually gone to visit the victim's family? None. Why? It is in Kansas. They'd have to do actual travel.

But twitter is right there. There are two articles on the Atlantic about King, none about the dead Indian men killed.

 

[woolfe9998]

But racism is the easiest of all topics to write about. Of all the controversial topics out there, like say abortion, you have to do actual research, you have to travel to physical places and talk to actual experts and activists.

Racism, just need twitter and talk some poetry about how it makes you feel.

Is it easier to write stories about blacks being shots by cops than it is to write stories about whites being shot by cops? Not really. But the media reports far more on the one than the other. Conservatives think that's because the media has a left bias, but they do not understand the principle bias of the media. They write about blacks being shot by cops because there are people who are angry and protesting. They are reporting on the controversy surrounding the events more than the events themselves. Whether hard or easy to write about, nothing is newsworthy without being controversial, and the more controversial, the better. Racism produces a sense of outrage. It doesn't get any better than that from the standpoint of the media and its business model.

 

[desura]

Is it easier to write stories about blacks being shots by cops than it is to write stories about whites being shot by cops? Not really. But the media reports far more on the one than the other. Conservatives think that's because the media has a left bias, but they do not understand the principle bias of the media. They write about blacks being shot by cops because there are people who are angry and protesting. They are reporting on the controversy surrounding the events more than the events themselves. Whether hard or easy to write about, nothing is newsworthy without being controversial, and the more controversial, the better. Racism produces a sense of outrage. It doesn't get any better than that from the standpoint of the media and its business model.

More like this: black issues are easy to write about because cushy hotels are always nearby, everything is in English, you are never in actual physical danger. If you want to write about Iran, you have to figure out how to navigate the language and the government, both of which are pretty foreign. Same with Russia.

Because that is too much work for the media, they don't do that, instead relying on stereotypes and what other people tell them about Russia or Iran.

 

[HomerJS]

Fox News love to push the meme "reverse racism" is just as bad as racism. Fox lives for stories of black cops abusing white people. If there were enough of them it would be on their front pages. But guess what?

 

[MajinCry]

More like this: black issues are easy to write about because cushy hotels are always nearby, everything is in English, you are never in actual physical danger. If you want to write about Iran, you have to figure out how to navigate the language and the government, both of which are pretty foreign. Same with Russia.

Because that is too much work for the media, they don't do that, instead relying on stereotypes and what other people tell them about Russia or Iran.

This is a textbook case of whataboutism. "Don't look at how America treats reds and blacks! Look at those bloody foreigners instead!"

So much for that American exceptionalism.

 

[desura]

This is a textbook case of whataboutism. "Don't look at how America treats reds and blacks! Look at those bloody foreigners instead!"

So much for that American exceptionalism.

You completely failed comprehension.

If you've read what I've posted here, you'd know that I consider Iran and Russia unfairly demonized.

 

[agent00f]

More like this: black issues are easy to write about because cushy hotels are always nearby, everything is in English, you are never in actual physical danger. If you want to write about Iran, you have to figure out how to navigate the language and the government, both of which are pretty foreign. Same with Russia.

Because that is too much work for the media, they don't do that, instead relying on stereotypes and what other people tell them about Russia or Iran.

Yeah a real mystery why the american media care more about the american klan than whatever in iran. Dumbshits gonna dumb.