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driveway · 08-12-2014, 07:48 AM

People on Twitter calling out the media on the portrayal of black victims of violence.

Here are two pictures of Michael Brown, guess which one was first published by most news outlets reporting on the shooting?

More pictures from #IfTheyGunnedMeDown.

Spoiler!

I'm not big on hashtag activism, but twitter does media criticism really, really well.

08-12-2014, 07:48 AM	#32
driveway A Fiddler Crab Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Chicago Exp:	People on Twitter calling out the media on the portrayal of black victims of violence. Here are two pictures of Michael Brown, guess which one was first published by most news outlets reporting on the shooting? More pictures from #IfTheyGunnedMeDown. Spoiler! I'm not big on hashtag activism, but twitter does media criticism really, really well. Last edited by driveway; 08-12-2014 at 07:51 AM.