Compared to the awful power of the video of George Floyd’s death, or even the intimate address of Trevor Noah, CNN, MSNBC and Fox News are utterly ineffectual.Racism is generally nonexistent in these shows
Though several shows featured central characters played by people of color, there were no representations of major racial tension on the job and rarely any in their backstories or personal lives. The use of racist language also was rare. Nor were people of color depicted as being the disproportionate targets of these unethical behaviors. All of this adds up to the insinuation that law enforcement operates without racial bias. This is false.
These actions were rarely objected to or acknowledged as unlawful by other characters, and therefore were categorized as “part of the job.” Many times, characters played by people of color were depicted as endorsers of these actions. Excessive force was rarely depicted. As a result, the crime shows studied generally reinforced the idea that what police do is “right” simply because they are police.Out of 453 wrongful actions committed by police and criminal justice professionals across 353 episodes, only 13 — less than 4% — were depicted as being investigated, the study found. Only six were depicted as being charged with crimes, and four suspended for their behavior . Only one was shown as being fired, convicted or facing legal punishment.
FWIW... NCIS hasn’t been 100% white, 80% male for a LONG time. In fact, they’ve made a lot of changes in response to the justified criticism of their portrayals of law enforcement, most recently in the area of “warrants to get information are dumb so let’s just hack.”
Hello 911? Yes I need help, my house is getting robbed. Sorry we actually dont do that kind of work anymore, A social worker is on their way.
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This is so true. All of these police shows playing everywhere for so many years definitely impacts public opinion of police. Not to mention portrayal of POC on these shows
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it's a tangential point, but the next 100% positive portrayal of an evangelical christian on 'law & order: svu' will be the about yhe second one of those in the entire run of the show.
Why wasn't this equipment that is available used to safely disperse protesters?
Remember the 'cowboys and indians' shows that dominated TV in the 1950s and 60s? It's what all boys used to play as kids. It was our life! It was propaganda masked as entertainment: storytelling and myth-making to justify plunder and murder.
Commie propaganda
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