Sylville Smith's sister Sherelle encourages "protestors" to burn the suburbs @Cernovich@CassandraRules@rooshvpic.twitter.com/prxR2prcUV
— DeeconX (@DeeconX) August 15, 2016
This is the kind of institutional bias that we are now seeing on a regular basis. It's why a violent racist hate group and its protests are being misleadingly depicted as a noble civil rights movement.
In a classic case of media bias by omission, CNN took extra care Monday to leave out a crucial part of their reports on the Milwaukee police shooting. After a black police officer fatally shot Sylville Smith Sunday, after he refused to put down his gun, riots and violence ensued in the city. Smith’s family was eager to talk to the media and his sister Sherelle had a message that should have been covered and condemned by the media. Instead, CNN decided to air her words but curtail them before they became controversial.
In this video posted by user DeeconX on Twitter, Sherelle Smith can be seen here, in front of several reporters, calling for violence to end...in the city. What she says next is shocking.
“Burnin down shit ain’t going to help nothin! Y’all burnin’ down shit we need in our community. Take that shit to the suburbs. Burn that shit down! We need our shit! We need our weaves. I don’t wear it. But we need it.”
CNN however applied its predictable spin.
Both on their website and televised on CNN Newsroom Monday, CNN described Sherelle Smith as “calling for peace.” They conveniently left out the rest of her message, calling for protesters to burn down the suburbs.
On CNN.com, under the subhead, “Residents try to heal,” the article read:
Smith's sister Sherelle Smith condemned the violence, saying the community needs the businesses affected. "Don't bring that violence here," Neal, his other sister, said while sobbing.
That was all CNN reported. Again on CNN Newsroom this morning, correspondent Ana Cabrera reported that Sherelle Smith* was “calling for peace,” before playing just a few seconds of Smith’s words that left out the most damning part.
This is very straightforward bias and it's ubiquitous. We saw it most blatantly after the Black Lives Matter massacre of police officers in Dallas, but it's universally applied across a range of stories, including to protect Islamic terrorists.