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Instead of "reporting" journalists, local and from afield, went no further than to the official "spokespeople" for the feds and the sheriff's office. They interviewed bused-in *protesters* as if they were locals, and the only *locals* they were interested in spending any time with were the family and friends of government *agents*..and their family and friends.
It's amazing how silent Harney County has gone. Grasty, Ward, that idiot from the UO Peter what's his name...they are markedly mum these days. They were in full cry during this nightmare, full throatedly declaring their *local* cred, asserting their authority to speak for the *locals*...
"The rule of thumb is that the media cares a great deal about police shootings but shrugs at FBI shootings. That's because, from their perspective, the police are more likely to shoot the wrong people, e.g drug dealers blessed with black skin privilege, and the FBI is more likely to shoot the right people, militia members.
"Even while the media wept buckets of tears over every thug shot while attacking a police officer, the LaVoy Finicum case received thumbs up from the media. Government protesters, unlike drug dealers, deserved to be shot. And so the media was, very predictably, caught flatfooted by the latest development."
"The whole Bundy crackdown was an outrageous abuse of power. But here's the opening lines of the NBCcoverage of the shooting death.
"A cowboy-hat-wearing Mormon rancher who died during the arrests of his fellow Oregon occupiers on Tuesday night had vowed weeks ago never to be taken alive by authorities.
"LaVoy Finicum, one of the protesters' de facto spokesmen, died after shots were fired when police stopped the group on Highway 395 as they headed to a public meeting. Five of his cohorts were arrested at the scene, officials said."
"I don't have to tell you that this is dramatically different than the way NBC and the rest of the media cover the latest drug dealer shot by police story. "
The Law Enforcement Shooting the Media Didn't Care About
It's amazing how silent Harney County has gone. Grasty, Ward, that idiot from the UO Peter what's his name...they are markedly mum these days. They were in full cry during this nightmare, full throatedly declaring their *local* cred, asserting their authority to speak for the *locals*...
"The rule of thumb is that the media cares a great deal about police shootings but shrugs at FBI shootings. That's because, from their perspective, the police are more likely to shoot the wrong people, e.g drug dealers blessed with black skin privilege, and the FBI is more likely to shoot the right people, militia members.
"Even while the media wept buckets of tears over every thug shot while attacking a police officer, the LaVoy Finicum case received thumbs up from the media. Government protesters, unlike drug dealers, deserved to be shot. And so the media was, very predictably, caught flatfooted by the latest development."
"The whole Bundy crackdown was an outrageous abuse of power. But here's the opening lines of the NBCcoverage of the shooting death.
"A cowboy-hat-wearing Mormon rancher who died during the arrests of his fellow Oregon occupiers on Tuesday night had vowed weeks ago never to be taken alive by authorities.
"LaVoy Finicum, one of the protesters' de facto spokesmen, died after shots were fired when police stopped the group on Highway 395 as they headed to a public meeting. Five of his cohorts were arrested at the scene, officials said."
"I don't have to tell you that this is dramatically different than the way NBC and the rest of the media cover the latest drug dealer shot by police story. "
The Law Enforcement Shooting the Media Didn't Care About
