Margaret Sullivan of the Washington Post has written a column with the unwieldy title “‘Not racially motivated’?: The Atlanta spa shootings show why the media should be wary of initial police statements.” Actually, the shootings demonstrate, for the millionth time, that the public should be wary of mainstream media statements. The initial police statement about the shootings was that they did not appear to be racially motivated. Instead, they were … Continue reading Media peddles unsupported racial narrative on Atlanta “spa” shootings