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Now welcome to the award winning Best of the Left Podcast with clips today from the young

Turks, radio dispatch, Melissa Harris-Perry, counter spin on the media.

This week in blackness, the media matters minute and the daily show.

And don't worry after this depressing episode on racism in the media, I'll move on to a

lighter topic like civilization and danger and global warming.

Whether it's intentional or unintentional, there seems to be a double standard in the way

the press covers stories about shootings.

Now if you notice headlines, it always seems like the press is a lot nicer or kinder to

white shooters versus black victims of shootings.

And there is a compilation of certain headlines that kind of make that point.

Now before I read you these headlines and give you the explanations of the stories

behind them, I do want to note that when you compare and contrast them, they don't come

from the exact same publication.

So it could be true that while one publication seems to be very nice to white shooters, they

could probably also be very nice to black victims.

Very likely.

Very likely.

No, I know.

I know.

But look, if you, the reason why I say that is because I don't want to be misleading, right?

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