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Related: About this forumThis actor tells the real story as he scolds media on bad coverage of the killing of Michael Brown
Last edited Wed Aug 20, 2014, 04:32 PM - Edit history (1)
CNN's Candy Crowley asks an actor for the solution to placebo-like conversations on race. Unfortunately, Candy should note that it is the media that sets much of the TV narrative that still remains ubiquitous.
Actor Jesse Williams lays out a quantifiable fact about police mistreatment of minorities. If the media was covering appropriately would it be a shock to the population at large? An informed population would exhibit the racial divide present on policing and other issues.
Does Candy Crowley realize that Jesse Williams was admonishing the media at large for a racially biased double standard that is partially responsible for the dehumanization of minorities?
Jesse Williams details exactly what the focus of the Michael Brown story should be.
What we need is real journalism to tell the story as it really is.
CNN must be commended for this segment. Hopefully their producers learned something from the dialogue.
http://egbertowillies.com/2014/08/20/jesse-williams-cnn-candy-crowley-black-men/
Sources: CNN Video1, CNN Video2
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This actor tells the real story as he scolds media on bad coverage of the killing of Michael Brown (Original Post)
egbertowillies
Aug 2014
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JaydenD
(294 posts)1. Thank you egbert. That Williams fellow is an excellent speaker.
Thanks for bringing the clip here.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)2. kicked
kwolf68
(7,365 posts)3. Cleared the wall
AMEN Jesse...
ebbie15644
(1,215 posts)4. Instead of McCain
on the Sunday talk shows, how about Jesse and people like him??
scmoore120
(45 posts)5. kict it.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)6. kick for truth