Comment by mynameishere

4 years ago

Of much greater importance--why would media from NYC become absolutely obsessed with a trivial event in, say, Ferguson, Missouri? Why not concern themselves with the incredible violence of places like...NYC? Why not look deep into the actual statistics around violence, rather than amplifying particular incidents from irrelevant places? Bad faith question, of course. They do it because they have to travel far and wide to find things that match the narrative. Outside their window, in the streets which their own politicians control, the narrative is a little different.

To answer your own question for the sake of contrast, it's not strange that provincials would know about the events in NYC. It is a large, important city.

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parkingrift  4 years ago

You’re asking the same question, but in a leading way. I’m not even sure what you’re trying to imply here.

>To answer your own question for the sake of contrast, it's not strange that provincials would know about the events in NYC. It is a large, important city.

NYC is the financial capital of the US so of course important news out of NYC may be important elsewhere. However, a random act of subway violence is not important national news. Given the volume of subway riders I would argue that it is not even important local news.

fundad  4 years ago

Ferguson was publicized heavily because of massive demonstrations because police everywhere should know that their brother in blue makes their jobs more dangerous. Police killings undermine trust in police which is crucial for their safety.