Jumping To Conclusions: The Media Blows It Again

As new details emerge about Trayvon Martin's suspensions, and eyewitness accounts, it appears the media may have blown it again, as in the Tawana Brawley and Duke LaCrosse cases.

As usual the media jumped the gun and seized upon the handsome picture of a younger than 17 person and presented only one side of the story. As with all stories, they're usually complicated and there are two sides. And this debacle also contains a common trait of human nature; to sympathize with an attractive person.

Yes his pictures, as presented by the media, are cute; even adorable. He was nice looking to be sure. And Zimmerman looks kinda chunky and not so good looking. But what has that to do with anything, really?

Whatever the case may be, it IS sad that the young man is dead. Very little is worse than losing a life. But what really happened and who is really at fault?

Eye witness accounts have backed him up. The woman who was on the phone calling 911 seemed to back up his version. The eye witness "John" - his version backs up Zimmerman's account. And this viddy of another eye witness - a young Black man - does indeed corroborate Zimmerman's account.

And what about Trayvon's suspensions? They portray a young man on the path of criminal behavior.

Is that believable?

Now, this situation has been inflamed beyond belief by race pimps Sharpton and Jackson. Even Mr. Obama had to get his two cents in it for his own reasons - shore up that Black vote. And with Farrakhan making veiled threats and the New Black Panther Party posting a dead or alive bounty, Sanford is a ticking time bomb. One wrong move could easily start a riot. Who wants that? WHO?

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And THIS is the result:

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We still don't know all of what really happened that night, but what if Trayvon did indeed jump Zimmerman as he was returning to his vehicle and cause his own demise?

As Mr. Obama said, "I think all of us have to do soul searching to figure out how does something like this happen...".

Yes, we do. But not what he meant. What we really need to examine is this - what does this incident and the rush to judgement say about society, the media, and those who make their living off of racial divisiveness?

It's always prudent to wait, and let the police do their job. Truth eventually comes out and it's usually not reflective of the immediate grasp of a situation. What does it say about the media - and us - to run off half cocked and make assumptions? It that the basis for mob justice? I think so.

 

Well the evidence coming out certainly suggest that Zimmerman was justified in following Trayvon. The media should not be so quick to jump to conclusions. It's looking more and more like this kid was a thug looking for trouble.

 

The evidence is certainly mounting against this kid. At least we are learning more. It would be nice if the media stopped using the picture when he was 14 and started using a current one.

 

The only thing that has been proven so far is that people just need to slow down.

 

Keyword: Investigation.

Key Players: Witnesses, Justice Department and FBI.

 

Yeah they attempted to make us all jump on the bandwagon. But you know. I think someone saw this as the perfect scenario to rally the black vote behind obama.

No amount of evidence or truth is going to sway that bunch. And the funny thing is that they've chosen to vilify an hispanic and positioning him as caucasian.

 

Who remembers how the Duke lacrosse team was vilified and convicted prematurely by a public witch hunt? I do.
I suppose it's a sign of social progress when blacks have their own racist vigilante gangs to replace the white ones we drove from existence. But why don't we do away with Black Panther type "justice" altogether and wait and see where the facts lead us?

That's a novel approach.

 

That is not the legal definition of stalking. Here it is in Florida:

"Any person who willfully, maliciously, and repeatedly follows or harasses another person commits the offense of stalking"

http://www.esia.net/State_Stalking_Laws.htm

Following someone suspicious one time in your neighborhood does not meet the legal definition of stalking.

 

While Fox news has been more balanced than others (especially as the story develops) they've still largely taken the bait and followed the narrative that is expected from the likes of ABC and MSNBC.

Innocent little Trayvon, smoking pot and running around with women's jewellery and burglary paraphernalia. While the media show what he looked like in 2008 to convince people that he couldn't possibly have attacked Zimmerman despite the witnesses and physical evidence corroborating Zimmerman's version of the events.

 

It's not the media that I'm worried about. Their disgraceful behavior was a given. It's the other posters here who went totally crazy and made and made up the most outrageous statements. It was a web board mob mentality.

But I still want one of these T shirts

 

Give the media a little credit. They certainly didn't "jump on" the John Edwards or Frank Lombard stories, did they? They certainly didn't "jump on" the Sen. Obama/Rev. Wright story, did they? They haven't jumped on the Al Sharpton/Crown Heights Riot have they?

They can show restraint in certain deserving cases.

 

Give the media a little credit. They certainly didn't "jump on" the John Edwards or Frank Lombard stories, did they? They certainly didn't "jump on" the Sen. Obama/Rev. Wright story, did they? They haven't jumped on the Al Sharpton/Crown Heights Riot have they?

They can show restraint in certain deserving cases.

 

Give the media a little credit. They certainly didn't "jump on" the John Edwards or Frank Lombard stories, did they? They certainly didn't "jump on" the Sen. Obama/Rev. Wright story, did they? They haven't jumped on the Al Sharpton/Crown Heights Riot have they?

They can show restraint in certain deserving cases.

 

Good point bringing up the Duke Lacrosse case. That is a good parallel.

It's amazing to me that the powers can politicize an isolated incident like this and the people eat it up. Fueling divide and conquer all the way. But, I understand the desire to reject the talking points presented by the unrepentant tragedy-capitalists.

 

lmao.

that guy's as much of a cracker as Obama. Maybe I can git one of those shirts with an Obama photo?

 

It is, but it shouldn't be. When it gets to the point where peoples' lives are in danger due to mod mentality, the media should not be fanning the flames.

We should all NOT be jumping to conclusions. I still don't take a position on this case. I wanted to point out the crappy job the media is doing and the race pimping that is still going on by rich civil rights "leaders" who make a living off these tragedies. People like Rev. Wright Farrakhan who preach hate against Whites, people like Sharpton and Jackson, who don't care about the truth, but are one foot behind the bereaved family fanning the flames and instigating walk outs and sometimes riots, people like the New Black Panthers who put up bounties to kill and intimidate people in front of polling places, and most of all Obama and Holder who use things like this and the OWS movement to further his political agenda. It's shameful.

Let the police do their job and people - don't look like fools flapping your mouth before all the fact are out.

 

the media always does this when it can....they love it...Do you remember the Rodney King riots......the media did this ,and were responsible for all the violence and tensions that probably still havnt healed.... the trick was very easy,the Jews know how to divide and conquer...through race tensions,and media control.

at 42:20 of this video,scroll to it,and watch how the media stoked the fires,with held information,then cut a key 2 seconds off the video of King and the police officers....This is the only place I know where you can see the entire clip....

[ame="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6632255652046262625"]Behind The Big News: Propaganda and the CFR[/ame]

 

What about Zimmermans' previous assault on a police officer and domestic abuse charges?

I know tons of people who got suspended from school. Can you say the same about people you know who assault cops and beat their girlfriends? Maybe they're both pieces of (*)(*)(*)(*). Who knows? The difference one being a teenager where being a piece of (*)(*)(*)(*) comes with the turf, the other a grown man.

 

And so the mayhem begins....how predictable.

Looting in the name of Trayvon. That is SO ironic.

 

Why is it that the media gets any credibility at all?

 

You think Zimmerman had hold of the facts before he followed him, or just saw a young black fella?

If it's the latter, how on earth could he have been justified in doing it?

(It's a sequence of events thing).

 

I think he saw an unknown character acting suspicious in his neighborhood. And with a recent string of robberies it seems like a good idea to keep an eye on him.