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| Topic | Martin Luther King Jr: "A riot is the language of the unheard" |
| Shadow Don 05/30/20 2:04:09 PM #31: | Annihilated posted... A lot of these conditions are media sensationalism, trying to make national headlines out of a single local story. Not that the problems don't exist, but that they're being magnified 1,000% due to over exposure and hype. Awful take. 1) The media was instrumental to MLK and getting his message out. He dominated the media by the time he was at his peak. 2) It is necessary for the media to be at the rioting/looting. Argue however you wish about the current state of news media in the US but one of the primary functions of the media being on the ground in situations like this is to prevent state violence and/or to document it. That's why its often so important for the media to be on the ground in literal war zones. It's a lot harder for states to commit genocide with all eyes on them. When people say shit like... "hurrr the media shouldn't cover stuff like this! They should only cover 'positive' stories!" one should immediately realize this is what actual fascists say. --- "The soul in the darkness sins, but the real sinner is he who caused the darkness." - Victor Hugo ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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