Thanks for the heads up about these! I didn't know a lot of these details, although I do remember public discussion about Zimmerman's Hispanic origins and whether that constituted 'white' or not (because, it's a slightly less horrible tragedy if he's a browner shade of pale?). I know he was Democrat, can't remember if I ever knew he vote…
Thanks for the heads up about these! I didn't know a lot of these details, although I do remember public discussion about Zimmerman's Hispanic origins and whether that constituted 'white' or not (because, it's a slightly less horrible tragedy if he's a browner shade of pale?). I know he was Democrat, can't remember if I ever knew he voted for Obama. I didn't know about the other stuff, but I can be accused of not following it all that closely.
I aspired to journalism when I was in college (forty years ago) and we learned how to always strive for objectivity and keep our own personal opinions. Most importantly, we learned not to publish *anything* unless we got confirmation or evidence from *three* reliable sources. I thought about that rather a lot when the media's standards really started slipping in the '90s and stuff about Clinton was being alleged just on say-so. Was he really smuggled out of the White House under blankets by the Secret Service for assignations with other women (pre-Monica playing his harmonica)? The media reported this even though no evidence of it or reliable eyewitnesses could verify it. People are wise not to trust the mainstream media anymore, and not getting to the bottom of what *really* happened to anyone which might not suit the prevailing narrative (Trayvon Martin was a thug, Bill Clinton was a slut - well, he *was*, but the blanket story is bullshit) has a lot to do with it. Along with overall shoddy reporting and no effort to keep personal opinion out of it.
Thanks for the mention on the book. Going to put it on my Amazon wish list now, which is where I keep my 2-read list.
Thanks for the heads up about these! I didn't know a lot of these details, although I do remember public discussion about Zimmerman's Hispanic origins and whether that constituted 'white' or not (because, it's a slightly less horrible tragedy if he's a browner shade of pale?). I know he was Democrat, can't remember if I ever knew he voted for Obama. I didn't know about the other stuff, but I can be accused of not following it all that closely.
I aspired to journalism when I was in college (forty years ago) and we learned how to always strive for objectivity and keep our own personal opinions. Most importantly, we learned not to publish *anything* unless we got confirmation or evidence from *three* reliable sources. I thought about that rather a lot when the media's standards really started slipping in the '90s and stuff about Clinton was being alleged just on say-so. Was he really smuggled out of the White House under blankets by the Secret Service for assignations with other women (pre-Monica playing his harmonica)? The media reported this even though no evidence of it or reliable eyewitnesses could verify it. People are wise not to trust the mainstream media anymore, and not getting to the bottom of what *really* happened to anyone which might not suit the prevailing narrative (Trayvon Martin was a thug, Bill Clinton was a slut - well, he *was*, but the blanket story is bullshit) has a lot to do with it. Along with overall shoddy reporting and no effort to keep personal opinion out of it.
Thanks for the mention on the book. Going to put it on my Amazon wish list now, which is where I keep my 2-read list.