Why is it people seem to think that if they think news is important all other news should be ignored so talking heads can speak hours on end about their pet story?
You talk as if YOU are not guilty of the same trait?
But hey, there's an old saying in the newspaper game, "if it bleeds, it leads".
Remember the Central Park jogger case? National and international coverage.....yet a serial rapist of black women was taking place for over 2 weeks less than 3 blocks from the CP jogger attack/rape....and THAT BARELY got an inch coverage in the LOCAL newspapers!
See where I'm going with this, bunky? Because if you don't, I'll elaborate: within the last 5 years black public advocates/activist have been having national conferences and the like on the problem of high crime rate/violent crime in the black communities across the country. They got bare minimum coverage by the main stream media, but that was it.....a few moments on the day's events.
Now that the Trayvon Martin case goes national, people are accusing folk like Sharpton and Jackson and even the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES of being "race hustlers" and exploiting the situation for political gain.
Damned if they do, damned if they don't