Yesterday, in beautiful late fall weather, about 10,000 people converged on Washington D.C. at the behest of al Sharpton, his “National Action Network” and other similar-minded groups, to protest the killing of Michael Brown, Eric Garner, and other Black people by the police.
Other than a few general shibboleths about police brutality, no protests were made about instances in which White people were killed by police. And no protests were made about Black on Black crime which, on average, takes the lives of 19 Black people every day.
Mainstream media coverage of the march (and smaller marches in other cities) was intense leading up to the march, intense while it was in progress, and remains intense the day after (I am typing this at about 10:35 Sunday Morning).
Last January 22, on the 40th anniversary of Roe v Wade, the yearly “March For Life” took place. Despite terrible, snowy weather, anywhere from 50,000 to 250,000 people (depending on who you talk to) converged on Washington D.C. at the behest of various religious and secular pro-life groups, to protest abortion.
The only racial element of that march I am aware of was participants pointing out that proportionately speaking, far more Black lives are aborted than White lives.
Mainstream media coverage of the march was sparse to non-existent.
Next month, again on the January 22 anniversary of Roe V. Wade, there will be another March For Life. Based on this year (and previous years), it will be heavily attended…and virtually ignored by mainstream media.
Quite a comparison, wouldn\’t you say?
I talk a lot about media bias here. This is one of the many reasons why.
