mikew Posted July 30, 2011 at 05:08 AM Posted July 30, 2011 at 05:08 AM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu_LK_iEFE8 Article: http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/wbbm-takes-four-year-olds-quote-out-of-context_b16629 WBBM, the CBS O&O in Chicago, is under fire this week for airing a soundbite from a four-year-old interviewed on the scene of a drive-by shooting out of context. A freelance photographer asked a young boy who was near the crime scene if he was scared by the violence in the neighborhood, and if he would “stay away from all these guns” when he grew up. The boy said, “No — I’m going to have me a gun!” (The exchange comes at the :38 mark of the above video.) What the video doesn’t show you is the exchange that followed, in which the boy revealed that his plans to have a gun were because he wants to be a police officer. The reporter can be heard saying, “Oh, that’s okay then.” That portion of the video (which can be seen at the 1:00 mark, above) was edited out by WBBM, but was sent to The Maynard Institute, blurred slightly in an attempt to protect the identity of the young boy. Read the rest...
GarandFan Posted July 30, 2011 at 11:25 AM Posted July 30, 2011 at 11:25 AM Perhaps it's not a big enough story, but I was hoping that Ken Blanchard would weigh in on this. He goes by "black man with a gun" and what is strongly being implied by this edited news clip is that a "black boy/man with a gun" is a horrible, scary thing. If I am not mistaken, Ken was just elected to the NRA board of directors. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o86JTxJ9myU http://kennblanchard.com/
Howard Roark Posted August 1, 2011 at 02:44 AM Posted August 1, 2011 at 02:44 AM That's racist. Well, my wife is a 1st grade teacher, and that's what she said after watching that video. I agree with her. Those journalists that put that story together should take a course in remedial journalism ethics. Because so far, they fail.
SFC Stu Posted August 1, 2011 at 04:22 AM Posted August 1, 2011 at 04:22 AM I have been a fan of Kens for a good number of years. He tells it like it is!
Don Gwinn Posted August 1, 2011 at 06:47 PM Posted August 1, 2011 at 06:47 PM It's not racism, it's just that they figured they could get away with padding their ratings by making a young black kid seem like he wanted to be a gang-banger as long as they edited important information out of his . . . . no, wait, my mistake. "Racist" is a very precise and descriptive term for that. Good job.
Xwing Posted August 24, 2011 at 12:17 AM Posted August 24, 2011 at 12:17 AM Evidently, racism sells. These biased media outlets will do anything to get across the point then want, and ignore the truth.
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