Cosmoline
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I'm interesting in collecting together in one thread specific instances of national media bias. The bias I've noticed isn't necessarily overtly political, but it *is* slanted from an east coast, upper class bias. This is the default point of view for reporters and editors. It has a direct impact on how they view firearm ownership as something that the "other" side does.
Here are some examples:
Assuming everyone knows where the devil Aruba is, or what it is. It's a major East Coast vacation spot with direct jet runs out of the major hub cities, but is virtually unknown in the west. I lost count of the number of times an array of cable news sources talked about that girl in Arbua without bothering to identify anything about the island. I score in the upper 98% percentile on geography tests, but I'd never heard of it.
Putting a boating accident on "Lake George" (whatever that is) front row center for news coverage, but paying nowhere near as much attention to similar accidents west of the average tourist zone from NYC and DC.
Comparing everything to the "Island of Manhattan" or "Central Park." I've noticed this a number of times when reporters are talking about western wildfires. For the smaller fires they tend to fall back on comparing their size with something familiar to the east coast elite.
Refusing steadfastly to pronounce "Nevada" and "Coyote" properly
Editorial cartoons that consistently regard conservatives from red states as "the Other."
And of course, an abosolute inability to properly identify what firearms were used in crimes. I'd love to start collecting specific examples of this.
BOTTOM LINE: We may as well be getting our news from a foreign country.
Here are some examples:
Assuming everyone knows where the devil Aruba is, or what it is. It's a major East Coast vacation spot with direct jet runs out of the major hub cities, but is virtually unknown in the west. I lost count of the number of times an array of cable news sources talked about that girl in Arbua without bothering to identify anything about the island. I score in the upper 98% percentile on geography tests, but I'd never heard of it.
Putting a boating accident on "Lake George" (whatever that is) front row center for news coverage, but paying nowhere near as much attention to similar accidents west of the average tourist zone from NYC and DC.
Comparing everything to the "Island of Manhattan" or "Central Park." I've noticed this a number of times when reporters are talking about western wildfires. For the smaller fires they tend to fall back on comparing their size with something familiar to the east coast elite.
Refusing steadfastly to pronounce "Nevada" and "Coyote" properly
Editorial cartoons that consistently regard conservatives from red states as "the Other."
And of course, an abosolute inability to properly identify what firearms were used in crimes. I'd love to start collecting specific examples of this.
BOTTOM LINE: We may as well be getting our news from a foreign country.
