One thing I’ve noticed about a lot of the Black Lives Matter
coverage is the intense degree of polarization that the movement causes. Every article I’ve read on it has been either
disgusted with them and loathing them or absolutely fawning over them. For instance the Daily Dot article we read
was definitely on the latter side.
Everything from the title (It was the racist coverage that made the Baltimore protestors a riot! Nothing they did!) to the way the article lapped
up every claim that Black Lives Matters Made (The almost complete acceptance of
Black Lives Matters narrative about Freddy Gray’s death) honestly made me a
little tired of the article. I felt like
I wasn’t reading a news article, I was reading propaganda and it left me with a
bitter taste in my mouth. Even with the
problems evident with the way the media responded to the Baltimore Protests,
the participants still have agency of their own and deserve credit and blame
for their own actions.
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