Charlottesville Isn't Playing The Media's 'Both Sides' Game Anymore

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Charlottesville Isn’t Playing The Media’s ‘Both Sides’ Game Anymore
Activists won’t talk to reporters without a promise: No platform for white supremacists. Ever.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/charlottesville-isnt-playing-the-medias-both-sides-game-anymore_us_5b63390ce4b0b15abaa0e48b

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. ― The Associated Press reporter on the phone with Jalane Schmidt wanted two voices for her article: One would be Jason Kessler, the white supremacist who organized the Unite the Right rally here last year that left one dead and dozens injured. The other, the reporter hoped, would be Schmidt herself, a Black Lives Matter activist and associate professor of religious studies at the University of Virginia.

The story would be a debate, of sorts. Both sides would be represented.

“Hell no,” Schmidt said after she hung up. --snip--
This isn’t some petty rule aimed at making reporters’ jobs more difficult. Giving column inches to violent racists and white supremacists ― like Kessler, or fellow UVa graduate and white supremacist Richard Spencer, or their pals ― alongside local activists is creating an equivalency where none exists, tantamount to President Donald Trump saying there were good people “on both sides” of the Charlottesville confrontations.

Journalists are trained to seek out the two poles of any given question, as if truth could be found somewhere between them. This approach can have its virtues, but what happens when the question is about whether a class of people is fully human? Charlottesville Anti-Racist Media Liaisons members have no patience for any outlet that considers this a matter for debate.

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Good on them.. They 've organized with a screening volunteer group to help with this...
Please read the full article at the link above.

[appleannie1943]

1. About time.

Just like decent media outlets are banning Alex Jones. Shunning them to the outer fringes of society is the only way to keep them from multiplying. The Amish have perfected the tactic and we have a lot to learn in that area. Arguing with them or debating them, simply shines a light on them.

[Va Lefty]

2. K & R!