How local and national news outlets are covering the aftermath of ICE shooting: ‘Get there, bear witness, ask questions’
Guardian: After a federal immigration agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with grisly videos quickly going viral on social media, news organizations from around the state, country and world dispatched correspondents and anchors to the scene.
In the days since, that media presence has ebbed and flowed – though a well-resourced local news corps and many national journalists have remained, including reporters for the Guardian, covering additional clashes between police and protesters.
Another shooting (of a man attempting to flee arrest, the government said) on Wednesday drew more coverage, and on Thursday a CNN crew was hit with projectiles while covering a protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
While cuts and closures have thinned out local news reporting around the country, the Minneapolis media market remains strong, ensuring the shooting – and what has followed – have received robust coverage.
Tim Walz and Jacob Frey Minnesota leaders decry targeting by US justice department over ICE turmoil Read more “I think we have the strongest media ecosystem of any city that’s parallel to our city,” said Matt Carlson, a Minneapolis-based professor of journalism for the University of Minnesota, mentioning the Star Tribune newspaper, Minnesota Public Radio, and smaller outlets such as the Sahan Journal, which covers immigrant communities, including the Somali refugee population that has come under attack from conservatives. (There’s also Alpha News, a conservative outlet that made headlines by publishing cell phone video taken by the ICE officer who killed Good.)
While there are always debates about national and international journalists parachuting in to cover catastrophes, “I think people in Minneapolis are actually excited to see national coverage of this, because we know that we can’t stop what’s happening by ourselves,” Carlson said. nordy
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Vermont Rep. Becca Balint is currently in Minneapolis doing oversight. She is on the Judiciary Committee.
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ReplyDeleteGuardian: After a federal immigration agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with grisly videos quickly going viral on social media, news organizations from around the state, country and world dispatched correspondents and anchors to the scene.
In the days since, that media presence has ebbed and flowed – though a well-resourced local news corps and many national journalists have remained, including reporters for the Guardian, covering additional clashes between police and protesters.
Another shooting (of a man attempting to flee arrest, the government said) on Wednesday drew more coverage, and on Thursday a CNN crew was hit with projectiles while covering a protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
While cuts and closures have thinned out local news reporting around the country, the Minneapolis media market remains strong, ensuring the shooting – and what has followed – have received robust coverage.
Tim Walz and Jacob Frey
Minnesota leaders decry targeting by US justice department over ICE turmoil
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“I think we have the strongest media ecosystem of any city that’s parallel to our city,” said Matt Carlson, a Minneapolis-based professor of journalism for the University of Minnesota, mentioning the Star Tribune newspaper, Minnesota Public Radio, and smaller outlets such as the Sahan Journal, which covers immigrant communities, including the Somali refugee population that has come under attack from conservatives. (There’s also Alpha News, a conservative outlet that made headlines by publishing cell phone video taken by the ICE officer who killed Good.)
While there are always debates about national and international journalists parachuting in to cover catastrophes, “I think people in Minneapolis are actually excited to see national coverage of this, because we know that we can’t stop what’s happening by ourselves,” Carlson said. nordy
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Let's Address This with Qasim Rashid
The Senate has rejected the House bill to extend ACA subsidies for 3 years, thereby ensuring healthcare prices are about to skyrocket for millions.
Take note of two facts:
1. Republicans have no healthcare plan and Americans will die as a result of them blocking ACA subsidies.
2. ACA Subsidies exist because Republicans and Corporate Democrats are both bought by the health insurance industry to block universal healthcare as a human right.
The actual answer is Universal Healthcare. Period.
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This week I have averaged 5.5 hours of sleep per night. Just 10 (almost 9) days 'til surgery.
ReplyDeleteI have hope of being able to sleep well in a month or two. If so, after more than two and a half years of insufficient sleep, all the organs in my body will benefit.
Court blocks ICE agents from detaining peaceful protesters in Minneapolis
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