Comparing How The New York Times Described Mike Brown & Ted Bundy

[kpete]

In a stunning display, Sean McElwee took that critique one step further by contrasting Brown's description not with those of other white victims of crime, but with a white perpetrator of violent crime, namely mass murderer Ted Bundy.

Below is a paragraph from the Times' profile of Brown published on August 24, 2014. It is preceded by evidence that the teenager who was gunned down by police, unarmed, was grappling with and deepening his spiritual beliefs.



Now, contrast the above characterization of Brown with that of mass murderer Ted Bundy in a profile published just after the State of Florida executed him on January 24, 1989. The paragraphs below were preceded by gruesome details of Bundy's lethal methodologies.



The contrast is remarkable.



See More Here:
https://twitter.com/SeanMcElwee/status/503942799306543104
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/08/29/1325816/-Comparing-How-The-New-York-Times-Described-Mike-Brown-Ted-Bundy

[valerief]

1. Tells you who the NYT obeys. Not the public's right to know. nt

[daleanime]

2. K&R....

[etherealtruth]

3. Astounding ... I don't know if it is intentional

... or if it is the result of deeply ingrained bias/ prejudice ....? Either way it is horrid and disgusting.