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| March against racism, San Francisco, August 26. Photo: David Bacon |
Making
the scufflers so visible makes everyone else invisible. Sure, editors choose what to put on the page
or website. But as media workers we can
also see what's real and what's not.
By
David Bacon, The Reality Check
August
30, 2017
Relying
on the photographs, reporting and video in the mainstream media can give you a
false idea about the marches and demonstrations against white supremacists and
Nazi sympathizers in San Francisco and Berkeley last weekend. The newsroom adage says, "if it bleeds it
leads." But screaming headlines
about violence, and stories and images focused on scuffles, were not a good
reality check.
Mainstream
coverage was miles away from the reality most people experienced.[…]
Read
and view the full report, plus a list of book events in northern California:
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