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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWatch How Fox News Really Talks About Black America
By Sanders Deionne February 24, 2014
Fox News celebrated Black History Month with five-second clips highlighting the achievements of African-Americans. However, as Media Matters excellently points out, "Let's take a look at how at how Fox News covers issues that affect African-Americans throughout the rest of the year."
The video shows the network typically frames discussions about African-Americans and blackness around criminality, cultural degeneracy and racial inferiority, painting a very broad, disrespectful and stereotypical image of a diverse group that has made great contributions to American society.
On one hand, it might be easy to dismiss Fox News which has a stellar reputation for race-baiting and offensive rhetoric about race and supporting an anti-multicultural agenda. On the other hand, one cannot ignore the possible influence of the most watched cable news network among 25-54 year olds (although viewership is steadily declining). This is particularly true because racial perceptions have very real consequences on fairness and how individuals are treated.
Just take a look at this social experiment conducted by Jason Roberts that recently went viral.
See link: http://www.policymic.com/articles/80797/watch-how-fox-news-talks-about-black-america-and-tell-me-we-don-t-have-a-problem?utm_source=policymicTBLR&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=Feb
Fox News celebrated Black History Month with five-second clips highlighting the achievements of African-Americans. However, as Media Matters excellently points out, "Let's take a look at how at how Fox News covers issues that affect African-Americans throughout the rest of the year."
The video shows the network typically frames discussions about African-Americans and blackness around criminality, cultural degeneracy and racial inferiority, painting a very broad, disrespectful and stereotypical image of a diverse group that has made great contributions to American society.
On one hand, it might be easy to dismiss Fox News which has a stellar reputation for race-baiting and offensive rhetoric about race and supporting an anti-multicultural agenda. On the other hand, one cannot ignore the possible influence of the most watched cable news network among 25-54 year olds (although viewership is steadily declining). This is particularly true because racial perceptions have very real consequences on fairness and how individuals are treated.
Just take a look at this social experiment conducted by Jason Roberts that recently went viral.
See link: http://www.policymic.com/articles/80797/watch-how-fox-news-talks-about-black-america-and-tell-me-we-don-t-have-a-problem?utm_source=policymicTBLR&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=Feb
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Watch How Fox News Really Talks About Black America (Original Post)
MrScorpio
Feb 2014
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Cleita
(75,480 posts)1. You are right about how they frame things and Fox is not the only guilty
Last edited Wed Feb 26, 2014, 10:18 PM - Edit history (1)
party here.
MrScorpio
(73,626 posts)2. Check this out...
Cleita
(75,480 posts)3. My iPad edited out the word "right" on my answer to you.
It didn't make sense. Sorry.
Squinch
(50,773 posts)4. Ugh, that thread. Do you think O'Reilly is trolling DU?
Because some of the things said in that thread sound an awful lot like him.
MrScorpio
(73,626 posts)5. It's almost too easy...
Like shooting fish in a barrel.