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In reply to the discussion: Trayvon's killer said to make self-incriminating statements [View all]slackmaster
(60,567 posts)So that they can keep ratings high and sell advertising space.
If you take a 50,000 foot view, this story is just an ordinary murder case. George Zimmerman is a nobody. A patsy. He's been cast both as a violent, predatory racist thug; and as a humble neighborhood watch block captain trying to fill a void left by an incompetent and indifferent small-town police department.
The story has legs because people on BOTH SIDES of an imaginary schism that was created mostly by the media can be conned into following every detail, every tidbit of information that gets released.
Don't you see the pattern, Tommy? One day we see a burst of leaked information that appears to be exculpatory with respect to Zimmerman's guilt on the murder charge. The next day, a bunch of witnesses apparently change their story so there is little doubt that Zimmerman should fry.
People eschew meaningful activities that they could be doing in favor of staring with rapt attention at their TV sets, hoping that today's propaganda blitz will support whatever conclusion they've bought into.
This story is about two hairless yard-apes of unspectacular intelligence and undeveloped social skills who got into a stupid fight over TERRITORY. Meanwhile, every day dozens of other people get murdered and nobody cares because nobody hears about it.
It's all too obvious.