• BlackLaZoR@fedia.io
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    19 days ago

    Misreporting or straight out false reporting in the media is a thing. As a rule of thumb the more emotionally charged the news is the higher chance of it being a manipulation.

    This was the case of George Floyd murder where media consistently avoided reporting that victim was a repeated criminal.

    I fell for that once. Not gonna happen again

    • Ledivin@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      Ah, the old “he committed a crime (but the courts let him out), so he deserves to die” angle. Love to see it.

      Have you ever been ticketed for speeding? That very literally makes you a criminal. Do you think you deserve to die for that?

      When criminals don’t have rights, you don’t have rights, because it’s trivial to label you a criminal.