• @BradleyUffner
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    7 days ago

    The police didn’t control the news though.

    • @[email protected]
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      107 days ago

      Didn’t they raise bridges and try to create checkpoints all around the area? That never happens for anyone else.

      • @BradleyUffner
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        37 days ago

        I haven’t heard about that yet. An excellent counterpoint if true though.

    • @[email protected]
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      17 days ago

      The ambiguity of your comment leaves space for the reader to guess whether you are blaming the police for their (alleged) comparative spending or blaming the journalists for their comparative coverage.

      • @BradleyUffner
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        47 days ago

        My intent was to convey that the existence of a media frenzy is not proof that the police are spending disproportionate resources on the investigation.

        There was a media frenzy around the murder of George Floyd, but hardly any spending by the police in the investigation.

      • @papalonian
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        37 days ago

        whether you are blaming the police… or blaming the journalists

        They could also just be saying a statement without forcing blame on anyone. If I say the sky is blue, I’m not blaming the sky for having moisture nor blaming my eyes for perceiving it as blue.

      • @TrickDacy
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        17 days ago

        It is possible to state a fact without having evaluated it and pushing that as a narrative. I know it’s hard to imagine on the Internet but it happens with me all the time. People get really mad that you haven’t judged a fact and in the same way they have. It’s fucking annoying.