It's no secret. I am not a fan of the American media. All mainstream media outlets care more about pushing an agenda than telling us what we need to know. Members of the media know that they can exploit racial tensions, so they don't hesitate to fuel racial tensions.
Whenever I hear a story that emphasizes race, I instinctively wonder what the catch is. Sometimes I find something. Other times I don't. When I don't, I tend to assume that I'm missing something.
After the death of George Floyd, KOMO, a local television station inaccurately reported that he was killed by four white police officers. That was quickly debunked. Why did they report inaccurate information? More than likely, it was to fuel racial tensions.
KOMO is owned by Sinclair, a company that has been frequently ridiculed for pushing a conservative agenda. Even they looked for ways to push a racial agenda.
It's true that these stories are disproportionately showing minorities as the victims, but what happens when race roles are reversed? Those stories are rarely even covered by the media. I saw one article trying to prove that black lives are valued less than white lives by comparing an instance involving someone who was black to someone who was white. The black life was well publicized. This was the only article I read that acknowledged the lost white life.
I'm not writing to put the value of one race over another. The issue is that the media has spent decades trying to incite a race war. They have been caught lying before. They also skew their coverage to further their agenda. When I struggle to embrace a narrative involving racism, it's not that I deny racism. I just tend to resist such obvious attempts to manipulate my beliefs.
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