Has media bias convicted a man before all the facts could come out?

The Senior Producer at NBC who manipulated the phone call has been fired.

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-04-07/news/sns-rt-us-usa-florida-shooting-nbcbre83609u-20120407_1_nbc-news-nbc-universal-senior-producer-oversight

Now, we await an announcement re: Zimmerman's arrest, and the reaction of the public.

Given that his life may be ruined whether he is arrested or not, It wouldn't surprise me if he ended up killing himself. ....that would be sad, nothing is worth killing yourself over.

A local perspective that moves beyond Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman, to discuss the issue of "Youth At Risk".

...featuring the Program Manager of Save Our Streets Crown Heights, and a prof at John Jay School of Criminal Justice:

....some good stuff in there.

armchair_warrior said:

Two brothers accused of beating a black teenager while patrolling an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood are set to go on trial Monday in a case with similarities to the Trayvon Martin shooting.

The brothers, who are white and Jewish, have claimed self-defense, saying the teen was holding a nail-studded board. Local civil rights activists hope the Martin case will draw more attention to what they believe was racial profiling by neighborhood watch vigilantes.

Eliyahu and Avi Werdesheim are accused of beating a 15-year-old boy who was walking through a Baltimore neighborhood in November 2010. The brothers pulled up next to the teen in a vehicle, then got out and "surrounded him," according to charging documents. The passenger threw the teen to the ground and the driver hit him in the head with a hand-held radio and patted him down.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...e6744803c58922

why do white's fear young black males? must be something for this to keep happening.

AW-

I'm not sure if you've been following this case, but on May 3rd one of the brothers was found guilty, and faces up to 10 years at sentencing.

http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2012-05-03/news/bs-md-werdesheim-verdict-20120503_1_avi-werdesheim-shomrim-second-brother

Based on the various news sources, (all of which I'm hesitant to rely upon...) there is a lot of conflicting info about the incident, and it should be interesting to see whether the feds OR the FL authorities can get a conviction.

There seems to be a lot of conflicting accounts, and a jury will likely have to consider them all.

If Zimmerman isn't convicted, will history remember the police chief who didn't initially charge him as being a wise man?

When a media source reports that Trayvon had marijuana in his system, are they trying to influence the reader?

....or, is it up to the reader to think about it? Is the mere existence of information prejudicial? Does media have an obligation to filter the types of facts it reports in order to remain somewhat impartial?

http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/17/abc-news-breathlessly-reports-that-trayvon-martin-had-drugs-in-his-system

The vigilante will receive a first hand look at the criminal justice system, a privilege he denied his victim.

Because having traces of marijuanna-related substances in your bloodstream would certainly make one prone to violent tendencies. :roll:

Should this young man have physically assaulted another man, even one who was who was following him at night for no apparent reason, in what we may assume is a threatening way? Nope.

Should said follower have pulled a gun and shot said young man to death? Nope.

Both may be "in the wrong", depending on your point of view, but only one ended up dead. With no arrest, trial, verdict or any other sort of due process whatsoever, I might add.

A 17-yr old young man, who happened to be black, who may have enjoyed occasionally smoking some pot, is dead because someone took it upon themselves to create a situation they had no business creating, even after a police representative told him to stay put. Zimmerman chose to ignore that order and as a direct result took it upon himself to be judge, jury and executioner. The guy wouldn't have been "assaulted" by Martin had he just kept his ass in his car after reporting a "suspicious individual" to the police and then just waited for their arrival.

Who thinks Zimmerman only got out of the car because he knew he was carrying? Seriously, would he have waited for the police if he didn't have a gun on him?

Witness Testimony Reveals George Zimmerman As A Bully And Racist In The Workplace

Apparently, a former colleague of Zimmerman was interviewed by the Florida DA. The interview reveals that Zimmerman was a bit too prone to "jokes" (i.e., dipsh*t racist slurrs), and was fired for it.

Just sayin'.

booklaw said:

No. The media has the obligation to report the news, period. If they withheld that info, they wouldn't be doing their job.

It is our job, as citizens, to process the information we get from the media.

I agree. I just wish we had a better press and that everyone would have the skills that come from a sound education that stressed critical thinking.

Then, I would know that everyone had access to lots of points view, and the skills to think it all through. Then, I would have faith in people's ability to be logical and not reactionary. Then, I would not have the urge to censor things to protect myself from the likely reactions of others.

At the present time, I find it difficult to smugly blame people for accepting the views of others.

A world where I could feel smug would be great. In this world it seems everyone is holding either no sign, or a sign that says Justice For Treyvon, or one that says Justice For Zimmerman.

I never see anyone holding both signs.