What members of the media faced in Ferguson: tear gas, rocks and hostile crowds
Correspondents who covered Monday night's riots in Ferguson, Missouri recount what they experienced and whether they were, at times, too close to the violence.
Some of the highlights:
>> CNN correspondent Jason Carroll: "It was definitely dangerous. Was it too dangerous to broadcast live? I would say no. I think whenever you come to a point where you're covering a story as important as this one, one that could have historical significance, you have to be there."
>> CNN's Sara Sidner on reporting from Ferguson vs. reporting from foreign war zones: "In Libya, we weren't the targets. When I was with the rebels, the rebels actually wanted us there with them to show what was going on... But we were targets in Ferguson in some ways."
>> Sidner on peaceful protesters who were drowned out by looters and arsonists: "The message that they were trying to put out to the world got completely corrupted by violence that they did not want to see."
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I really think the Media is biased when it comes to news reporting in general, especially with the current black & white racial issues. The media tends to report half the story not the whole story. This bias is worsening racial tensions not easing them.
The media is one sided. Over the past two years there has been three white on black related incidences (death of Travon Martin, the Furgeson incident and the recent case in NY) that are race related.
The news media has been reporting these stories non stop. I understand they are current events. Well, what about the black-on-white crime that occurred in Texas at the same time as the Travon Martin case? This incident occurred like this: A first time WHITE Mother took her newborn son to his pediatric doctor for wellness checkups. As the WHITE Mother was exiting her vehicle in the doctor's office parking lot, a BLACK nurse who works at the same office ( who recently had a miscarriage) murdered the WHITE Mother in the parking lot and took the WHITE baby to the BLACK nurses home to show her "estranged bf" her "new" baby. The bf said that that isn't her baby and he notified the cops.
Why wasn't the news media blasting that news story? I guess the victim has to be BLACK and the MURDERER needs to be WHITE in order for the media to do the half-assed job that they are currently doing.
Where is the news media when there is a BLACK on BLACK or any other crime that a BLACK person has committed? You dont hear to much about them. I wonder why? Sounds like the Media is biased and only wants to report what they want "the masses" to know for their own agenda.
The news should be reported as it is and not what the media wants to report it as. When you tell half the story and not the truth it doesn't help racial issues/tensions like this.
Seriously all you do is talk about your own fear and disbelief with no direction in what you are saying. Did you even ask a single person why the community was so outraged? About their plans on what to do now, now that there's no indictment? Of course not, that require actual journalism skills and integrity.
What is the point in this? What is the narrative here? That the media is getting bulied by all the cops? I was under the impression you were trying to cover a story about the PEOPLE in ferguson. Not about YOU. Why is this story about YOU? You were wearing a gas mask? You ran from gas? Ooohh how scary, but now your hear. With nothing of worth to show for. How can this be considered news its all about how reporters feel about being in the midst of what the protesters have faced from day one. YOU ARE PATHETIC AND HILARIOUSLY SELF ABSORBED