Brian Williams and the Jena 6: Wow That's Horrible Journalism

by: Matt Stoller

Sun Sep 09, 2007 at 23:18


The Jena 6 case, in which six black students in Louisiana were put up on basically fraudulent charges of attempted murder, has come up on the blogs from time to time as a good example of the flourishing racism still happening openly in America.  The story, pushed early by black bloggers and Color of Change, and then by civil rights leaders and the NAACP, is now being covered by the traditional corporate media.  How it's being covered is instructive.

Watch both of these reports, one from Brian Williams and one from an independent outfit, and note the difference in narration and the use of facts.  It's really, well, stunning.

This is amazing to watch.  As good as some journalists are in the corporate media system, obfuscatory reports like this from wingnuts (yes, Williams is well-known to be a dittohead) are counterproductive and dishonest.  There is just no value in American corporate journalism as a system anymore.

Matt Stoller :: Brian Williams and the Jena 6: Wow That's Horrible Journalism

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Brian Williams and the Jena 6: Wow That's Horrible Journalism | 4 comments
This is just... (4.00 / 1)
much ado about nothing.  Don't you know that Jena has a desegregated swimming pool?  That's the real story.

You can read more, sign the petition or donate to the defense fund here:
http://colorofchange...

I support John McCain because children are too healthy anyway.

Nobody's born a bigot (0.00 / 0)
Maybe there's hope for the children in the pool.  Maybe we can take them away from their parents to keep them from growing up like them...

~sigh~

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Where are the allies in the media? (0.00 / 0)
How about calling in support from the National Association of Black Journalists or Media Matters for America?

These groups helped expose the racism and sexism on the Imus Show.

thanks for the great post (0.00 / 0)
not exactly surprising, but tells us a lot about what we are seeing every day.  Now how do we take the criticism to NBC?
Brian Williams and the Jena 6: Wow That's Horrible Journalism | 4 comments





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