{"id":10217,"date":"2013-07-26T10:42:03","date_gmt":"2013-07-26T17:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=10217"},"modified":"2013-07-27T10:10:19","modified_gmt":"2013-07-27T17:10:19","slug":"fox-news-black-out-no-reporting-on-juror-who-said-zimmerman-got-away-with-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=10217","title":{"rendered":"Fox News Black Out: No Reporting On Juror Who Said Zimmerman “Got Away With Murder”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"FoxIt’s not bad enough that Fox News openly rooted for George Zimmerman before, during and after his trial. Nor that they denied that race could have played any part in the crime or the subsequent proceedings and coverage. Nor that they shamelessly, and without foundation, demonized Trayvon Martin as a violent thug. Nor that they insulted all African-Americans by insisting they would resort to massive rioting after the acquittal (which did not occur). Nope. Now Fox is brazenly perverting the news landscape by what they choose not to report.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, ABC News aired an interview<\/a> with “Maddy,”<\/em> a woman who sat on the Zimmerman jury and made significant news with her remarks. She told Robin Roberts that she believed that Zimmerman “got away with murder.”<\/em> She went on to express sympathy for Trayvon’s parents and said that “in our hearts we felt he was guilty.”<\/em> In the end, however, she felt that the state had not proved its case and she voted to acquit along with the other jurors.<\/p>\n

Maddy’s statements were obviously newsworthy and were covered by most legitimate news outlets. Her observations were in sharp contrast to the previous juror who came forward, identified only as B37, shortly after the trial concluded. B37’s interview was covered broadly by the media including Fox News. Additionally, Fox’s Sean Hannity interviewed an alternate juror, E54, who said that he agreed with the verdict and believed that Zimmerman was justified in shooting the unarmed teenager.<\/p>\n

Somehow Fox has decided that the only juror to go public with comments sympathizing with the Martin family was not suitable for coverage. In my research I have not found a single report broadcast on the network since Maddy’s interview with ABC News. This cannot be regarded as an accident. Given the broad-based coverage elsewhere, it is clear that Fox made an editorial judgment to black out Maddy’s story and deprive their audience of critical information.<\/p>\n

This is blatant evidence of how Fox manipulates the news and their gullible audience. It is further confirmation for why Fox News viewers are repeatedly shown to be the most ill-informed audience<\/a> when compared to other news sources, or even to those who don’t watch news at all.<\/p>\n

~~~ Be Sure To \u201cLIKE\u201d News Corpse On Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n

[Addendum]<\/strong> No sooner did I post this example of Fox editorializing by omission than Media Matters posts three more examples: Fox fails to report the racist comments<\/a> by GOP Rep. Steve King and Fox fails to report on voter fraud<\/a> when committed by Republicans and Fox fails to report on the conservative cabal Groundswell<\/a> after obsessing over the liberal JournoList.<\/p>\n

[Update]<\/strong> Fox News finally addressed Maddy’s interview on The O’Reilly Factor with guest host Laura Ingraham, whose contribution to the discussion was to say she doesn’t like post-trial interviews and that juror opinions don’t matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s not bad enough that Fox News openly rooted for George Zimmerman before, during and after his trial. Nor that they denied that race could have played any part in the crime or the subsequent proceedings and coverage. Nor that they shamelessly, and without foundation, demonized Trayvon Martin as a violent thug. 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