REQUEST TO MEDIA TO RESPECT THE MEMORY OF THOSE LOST
This is a request to all media to respect the memory of the deceased individuals whose premature and untimely deaths have transfixed the nation in recent weeks. They are human beings who are missed by their families, the voids they leave can never be filled.
In their memory, please refrain from covering stories about Joe Scarborough's early morning rants on Morning Joe, or Peter King's cruel comments. I am asking the media to boycott those that inflame the passions and will vie for airtime on major networks to display their white arrogance in the wake of these numerous deaths at the hands of police, and who are otherwise dead due to police misconduct and negligence.
This plea is being made to all media organizations to focus on the proactive efforts of the millions who have demonstrated throughout the nation,. Even in hard hit places like the war-stricken city of Gaza, many have expressed their solidarity with the victim's families, and honored the memory of the fallen.
This plea to the media is to boycott from the airwaves those that fan the flames of hatred, commentators such as former NYC mayor Guiliani who contribute nothing to the advancement of equality in this country. We do not need voices that tear down and destroy at this time.
The media should be covering the largely peaceful demonstrations and giving voice to the proactive; and not those that seek to further divide this nation at this difficult time. Please be responsible in the coverage of this particular subject. For all of those that want to hear commentary dripping in and marinated in racial hatred, there is a whole network devoted to that, it is called Fox News.
I am pleading for responsible journalism to cover this continuing unfolding struggle to achieve human dignity for us all.
Melinda Gopher,
Political Activist, Screenwriter
Former Democratic Candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives from MT
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