Fox uses high school grad picture of Atlanta killer... instead of mugshot

[IcyPeas]

Doesn't he look like a nice young man?

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[dalton99a]

1. Every single time.

[BlueNProud]

2. He has the fancy little neo nazi haircut and requisite scraggly beard in the mug I saw

[dameatball]

3. I think NBC did as well.

[Evolve Dammit]

4. Why of course they did. He's a good boy. He would NEVER do this. Good Christian boy. nt

[IcyPeas]

5. "Good christian" is quickly becoming an oxymoron

[Evolve Dammit]

6. Yeah. At least 25% are Q Anon followers. Doubly brainwashed, deluded and dangerous.

[honest.abe]

8. This is the image I have seen most frequently online.

[Budi]

9. Yup that's the booking photo. Here's one of him in the cop car after aprehension

From Law&,Crime
https://www.google.com/amp/s/lawandcrime.com/high-profile/suspect-in-atlanta-area-spa-murders-of-eight-people-six-of-them-asian-women-pictured-behind-bars-heres-what-we-know/amp/

[honest.abe]

10. Quite a contrast from the Fox news photo.

[iluvtennis]

11. This fker murdered 8 people. He's no school boy. Fox is infotainment, not news. nt

[marieo1]

12. Shame on Media

I have always said, the media is the cause of a lot of this violence. They sensationalize the violence and of course they never blame the perpetrator. That is why I like Rachel for news. CNN is especially bad for this. MSNBC not so much.

[Dustlawyer]

13. Why does Fox even feel the need to politicize this?

I’m really tired of this crap. Are they going to make him a RW poster boy now?

[uponit7771]

15. +1, like the text book racist ass cop who said the race murderer had a "bad day" they sympathize

... with people who want to kill non whites

[Mike Nelson]

14. Sometimes...

... I sample FOX, but I haven't the past couple of days. I had not seen that yearbook picture. I know I should not judge a person on their looks alone, but I find the man creepy-looking. Granted, Mug Shots are not taken under good circumstances, so he is going to look creepy... the beard, hair style and wardrobe... now, the yearbook picture looks like a completely different person.

... I worked on a newspaper and pictures are one of the ways journalists editorialize while remaining nonpartisan. Selecting an attractive or unattractive photo of a Person can tilt an otherwise objective story one way or another. Also, the caption, subheads, or pulled BLURBS can point in a direction... most readers only look at the picture and a few excerpts.