LAist: Map of the Day: Melrose Street Robberies

thunderboltfan

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:02:49 -0800

I agree w/Pabst. The LA Times article today about the same robberies leaves out skin color too but mentions age, height and weight. And they quote someone requesting details about their clothing and type of vehicles they are using. I'm about as bleeding heart liberal as can be and find it disturbing that essential details that impact on public safety are being left out by so called "news sources." (To LAist's credit, they mentioned race in a prior post.) Knee jerk political correctness sucks sometimes, you know?

Pabst

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:11:46 -0800

Watch this vid from KABC. It's too funny. KABC knows the color of the gun involved but somehow doesn't know/report the color of the suspects. Yet the Melrose.Action in their flier as well as the LAT clearly identifies the robbers as African-American. What sux is the KABC story LIES when they say the only description is of "men in their 20's." Being PC is one thing. Flat out lying to the viewing community is a much different matter. http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=6339102&status=ok