Drumroll, please! ‘And the award for dumbest headline of the day goes to … ‘
http://twitter.com/#!/Heminator/status/518088258056912896
Careful … wondering about that is probably racist, too. Maybe we should check with Vox on that, since they seem to be the experts:
And the award for dumbest headline of the day goes to… pic.twitter.com/RyjTI7ZMUP
— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) October 3, 2014
And, if you guessed that the illustrious Max Fisher was behind that headline, give yourself a great, big round of applause!
Is Western media coverage of Hong Kong protests racist? http://t.co/MIVCcNwof0
— Max Fisher (@Max_Fisher) October 3, 2014
After his characteristically thoughtful analysis, here’s what Fisher concluded:
This is all to say that it is not inherently irresponsible or racist to note that Hong Kong’s protesters are going to great lengths to maintain a clean and respectful atmosphere, as this is a direct and newsworthy extension of their political strategy. However, it is possible — and all too easy — to report this in a way that perpetuates harmful stereotypes and that does a disservice to these protesters by reducing their acts to race or culture.
This is Vox-ing at its finest, folks.
— David Tucker (@0accountability) October 3, 2014
@Heminator Holy. Fucking. Shit.
— RB (@RBPundit) October 3, 2014
It really is something.
@Heminator again, a reminder: it's the lunch hour in middle America. Plenty of dumbness still to come at the Friday bad news dump.
— Kevin in ABQ (@KevinInABQ) October 3, 2014
@KevinInABQ Mayhaps. But Fisher sets a high bar.
— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) October 3, 2014
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