Wednesday, December 02, 2015

PBS NewsHour: More Causes Than News

How much must we grieve over black racial issues?That question was asked and answered some time ago by the producers at the PBS NewsHour? They said more. So in place of news came black anecdotal stories from around our country.The story pieces was meant to elicit empathy. I remember the night I stopped watching the NewsHour. A segment featured a black, lisping homosexual man on a Texas University campus. He was some what depressed. He bemoaned his place in life. He was black and homosexual and most of the campus was not.That's it. End of segment. No more. So what was I supposed to do? Reach out? Send him a valentine? Is this news? Do the contributors to the NewsHour have this trite piece in mind when they give?Is there a bubble in liberal news media coverage about black issues?

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