Aug 29, 2009
retropolitics: Caption: Look at the two of these photos on Yahoo News - notice anything different between them? According to Yahoo, black people “loot” — white people “find.” (via) This is completely unfair. The first photo comes from the AP, the second from the AFP. The AFP is going to be much more liberal in describing looters / scavengers than the AP in the first place. And they have different editorial teams. This would be meaningful if you found two photos from the same time period from the same news organization that displayed this bias. Otherwise you’ve got nothing here.

retropolitics:

Caption: Look at the two of these photos on Yahoo News - notice anything different between them? According to Yahoo, black people “loot” — white people “find.” (via)

This is completely unfair. The first photo comes from the AP, the second from the AFP. The AFP is going to be much more liberal in describing looters / scavengers than the AP in the first place. And they have different editorial teams. This would be meaningful if you found two photos from the same time period from the same news organization that displayed this bias. Otherwise you’ve got nothing here.

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