If a whistleblower filed a formal complaint with an Inspector General about women in prison camps getting forced hysterectomies but the victims were predominantly white women, there would be a lot more coverage.
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Letters to IGs often generate news, but in this case there’s a formal whistleblower complaint. One study found: “news about murder is the product of journalistic assessments of newsworthiness firmly grounded in long-standing race and gender typifications.” https://www.jstor.org/stable/3648888
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Judgments about newsworthiness are made mostly by white reporters and editors. Historically, they have judged news about white victims to be more “newsworthy” than news about black or brown victims. We appear to be watching an example of this play out on the ICE hysterectomies.pic.twitter.com/Kt21LUiuVH
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According to a complaint filed with an inspector general women are being forced to undergo hysterectomies on American soil. The women happen to be predominantly Hispanic. There's no mention on the front pages of NYT or WaPo. If the victims were white there would be more coverage.pic.twitter.com/ZpSuQqRzKb
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In the face of historical patterns of major outlets downplaying harm to black and brown victims, it is hard to believe that the lack of widespread coverage is merely due to seeking confirmation. Major news outlets have covered much less than a formal complaint filed with an IG.
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You have white supremacist in the Whitehouse, who inherited an apartheid justice system. What could possibly go wrong?
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That’s one reason for
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White woman get more coverage because most media outlets are controlled by right leaning pundits! SMDH!
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I keep waiting for everyone to get as outraged as I am. I didn't understand why no one was talking about it, but now I do. No one knows. The media isn't reporting this, so no one knows it's happening.
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I was beyond outraged when I heard. My parents grew up in Europe while the Holocaust happened. This is on par with that and the Tuskegee experiment. I pray it is not true because this was done with my tax dollars.
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Yep! RACISM! First, last and foremost!
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Slow the roll. It’s been less than 24 hrs since lawfare article about complaint. I am thinking news organizations are vetting story rather than just repeating lawfare blog
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It’s the same with the child separation story. It was ongoing for months and legacy media only started covering it after the viral video of Senator Merkley at the Walmart housing the kids. It was the same with Ferguson which was only picked up after it went viral on twitter.
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