• Oso_Rojo [he/him, they/them]
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    4 years ago

    About half of the content in that article is just direct quotes from cops. The media loves uncritically repeating the bullshit that cops feed them.

    • LangdonAlger [any]
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      4 years ago

      The Richard Jewell review Ep of Chapo does a good job of pointing this out

            • Oso_Rojo [he/him, they/them]
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              4 years ago
              • Episode 03: The Rise of Superpredator 2.0
              • Episode 06: The Media’s Default Setting of White Supremacy
              • Episode 54: Local 'Crime' Reporting as Police Stenography
              • Episode 94: The Goofy Pseudoscience Copaganda of TV Forensics
              • Episode 97: Porch Pirate Panic and the Paranoid Racism of Snitch Apps
              • Episode 100: Willie Hortonism 2020 - Media Attacks on Prison Reform
              • News Brief: The Growing Pushback to Copaganda
              • News Brief: Detailing the Connection Between Gentrification and Racist Police Harassment

              https://citationsneeded.libsyn.com/

              I'd recommend listening to episode 54 first. If it's your cup of tea, then you'll probably like the rest.