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Originally Posted by Ryan Coke
It amazed me watching the news the other day that they were showing a picture of him that looked like he was a sweet little 15 year old. And it didn't look at all like the very large man that was stealing and threatening the store owner. The media gets way more out of a story about a gentle unarmed kid being wrongly shot than it does about a thug attacking a cop.
The media gets better play, and inadvertently helps along some racial tensions and rioting as a side affect. It's almost the news creating the news.
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Did you miss the story last week when most media outlets were using a photo of Brown that made him look like a stereotypical gang member, prompting the Twitter hashtag #IfTheyGunnedMeDown?
http://www.cbc.ca/newsblogs/yourcomm...-shooting.html
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Some have taken issue with the photos of Brown being shared by new outlets in particular, pointing to a larger problem with the representation of minorities in the media — specifically the representation of young, black men.
While some outlets initially ran a photo of Brown in a cap and gown at his high school graduation, many eventually landed on a photo of the teen wearing a basketball jersey and throwing up what some have perceived to be a gang sign.
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According to BBC News, the #IfTheyGunnedMeDown hashtag was started by criminal defence lawyer CJ Lawrence of Jackson, Mo.
Lawrence juxtaposed two photos of himself — one that shows him making a speech at his university graduation next to Bill Clinton and another that shows him dressed as a rapper for a Halloween party — and tweeted them asking his followers "Which photo does the media use if the police shot me down?" on Sunday afternoon.
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