Racial Bias in the Media - Just how bad is it?

[JoeRedskin]

Originally Posted by NC_Skins

I'd say it was pretty bad. Here, you even have Yahoo asking ..."Is this the next Trayvon Martin case?"

76-year-old man to stand trial in shooting death of 13-year-old boy


The two situations are nothing alike. Not even remotely close except the fact that a black kid was killed by a "white" guy.

... and JJ jumps on the hate crime wagon immediately. Can we not denigrate the horrific nature of the act itself by asserting that the reason we should really despise it is b/c it involves race?