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Originally posted by Moral Hazard The media isn't racist....... it's consumers are. Media as an industry is concerned primarilly with selling papers or advertising (or both). To do this they need readership/veiwership/listenership. The best way to achieve growth in these areas is to give the market what they want, which is to say carry stories they care about. Subsequently, the story that the will propt people to buy the paper or stay tuned in for the news cast is the one that they feature. WE as a society seem to be more interested in the killing of an attractive 15 year old caucasian girl then we are the killing of a 17 year old black gang memeber, thus, the media will give greater coverage to said 15 year old girl. This isn't because the reporters, editors and news directors are racist..... it's because they are profit motivated.... it just so happens that stories containing certain racial elements generate more profit then others, this is our failing not the media's.

you got that right. it always comes down to $$$$$$$.

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