Kare(less) 11 didn't cover it either. Not a word.
This may be one of those instances where the news media are trying not to
cover a violent news worthy event because it could be construed as
inflamatory.
The only violent events ever covered for my neighborhood are murders.
Shootings where no one dies are virtually never covered. On the other
hand, a drive by shooting in St. Louis Park would be all over the news for
days.
The media may actually feel like they are doing Minneapolis a service by
avoiding some of these incidents, or maybe they are doing us a service.
Coverage of these events can be a double edged sword. On one side
publicizing these events is bad for marketing Minneapolis as a nice place
to live. On the other side NOT publicizing these events lets our
councilors and legislators forget that problems like this exist, so
nothing gets done about the problems.
http://www.wcco.com/ has a link to a video of the whole event.
Rich McMartin
Bryant Neighborhood, about a 5 minute walk away.
> Thursday, during daylight hours, an MTC bus driver was severely beaten by
> a young man in south Minneapolis. Television carried the story (thank
> you WCCO) and KNOW ran a 15-second sound bite on the arrest. But our
> wonderful Star Tribune carried not even one word. Doesn't that just make
> one wonder how much is not thought important enough to report either.
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> Jack Ferman
> Minneapolis, MN
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