Reportedly, Fox News is being sued by JoDon Romero's family members after accidentally airing his suicide on live TV back in September. The network failed to delay the footage and therefore shows a man killing himself on TV. We often hear about murders in the news, but to see it? Devastating. It could have been avoided.
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JoDon Romero and his last minutes. |
But I digress. With the general conservative view on immigration and minorities (the car chase was in Arizona, too), I am not surprised that Fox News was following this police chase. However, I am surprised at Fox's arrogance to think that their candidness would not lead to something terrible one day. If this was a white man, would they have followed this story over other national news? I think not.
I hope the family will be able to get over this grief. While there is the stereotype that some people may sue for attention and the money (you could argue in this case that there was a suspicious several month delay in the decision to sue), in this case, it is justified. The family did not have control over what the network was airing, and upon viewing it, whether on TV or YouTube, it would make anyone cringe.
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May 2011 statistic. Reportedly, Fox's ratings are still declining. |
I'm not denying that Romero was violent, since he reportedly had a violent record, but I am sure there are other violent offenders in this world who are white and not being displayed as vividly as on Fox News.
It's just a case of censorship debates and conservatism mixed with Mean World Syndrome. And of all things involved in this scandal, I don't hear any opposition to gun ownership. It's a shame.
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