Irresponsible journalism, including at some of the most respected outlets in the country, has fueled mass incarceration. It’s time to call out these journalists who routinely fearmonger, mislead, & act as stenographers for law enforcement, my first Point:https://theappeal.org/the-point/irresponsible-journalism-fuels-mass-incarceration/#.YBRuYA051PY.twitter …
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@troy_closson at NYT https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/27/nyregion/melinda-katz-queens.html … again with really critical pushback from@equalityAlechttps://twitter.com/equalityalec/status/1354587632714604544?s=21 …Show this thread -
and then Jamiebgoldberg at the Oregonian https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2021/01/majority-of-downtown-portland-merchants-say-city-core-is-unsafe.html … with critical pushback from
@chrisgeidnerhttps://twitter.com/chrisgeidner/status/1354694261296525313 …
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The stories draw on emotionally-charged, outlier cases that manufacture a sense that the likelihood of violent crime victimization is much higher than it is, then launder rhetorically overblown statements from law enforcement officials as unbiased expert opinion.
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Lawmakers and other govt officials should call out these stories, reject the pressure placed on them to scale back evidence-based decarceral policies or even implement more carceral policies, work harder to educate their communities on policies that will actually make them safer.
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When readers are made to feel unsafe, they go looking for a public official to point the finger at: a reform-minded district attorney, legislators who vote for bail reform, or a governor who commuted prison sentences.
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Unfortunately, those public officials often respond with carceral and punitive policies that keep us from addressing our mass incarceration crisis and pursuing policies that actually make us safer. In short, bad journalism too often leads to bad policy.
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Long story short: DEFUND THE CRIME BEAT Thanks for coming to my TED talk.
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