Black lives really don't matter

[Suff]

Something I have been saying for a while.

Black lives only matter when it is politically expedient.

Sasha Johnson was shot in the head after four “black males” dressed in dark clothing stormed into the garden of a house in Peckham, southeast London, officers said.

See them demonstrating on the streets? Shouting about how her Black life mattered? On the TV? Does the news headline with 4 black males shoot BLM activist in the head?

Oh no, almost all the headlines lead with her shooting and leave it up to you to read enough to work it out. In fact much was made about death threats as if some white group shot her.

If you look for it some talk about her being in the middle of a gang fight but avoid reporting that it was two black gangs.

It is, honestly, quite sickening the lengths they will go to in order to promote their agenda and avoid the truth.

[Workingman]

Yes, the original versions were very opaque.

Prominent BLM activist "Shot in the head" when "men" raided a party. Hmmm, who could possibly have done it - perhaps a group going against the ongoing BLM protests? Now who might they be? Speculation.

We know who was being hinted at, don't we?

Now the truth is coming out in the wash and not much is being said. Black on black violence does not exist in the world of the SJWs.

[cromwell]

It is, honestly, quite sickening the lengths they will go to in order to promote their agenda and avoid the truth.

I must have said a million times on here that we live in a society where inconvenient truths are routinely buried. A society of extremely variable outrage; it varies depending on the combination of victim and perpetrator.
So everyone knows who Stephen Laurence was; his murder fitted the narrative. Very few people know who Kriss Donald was. That murder doesn't fit the narrative of the minority always being the victim of white racism.

It does make you wonder where it will all end up.
You can see why woke progressives are so desperate to keep their stranglehold on the broadcast media though. If a TV station emerged that just told the unvarnished truth were to exist, who knows where such inappropriate recklessness might lead?

[Workingman]

It will be interesting to see how the new GB News goes when it airs, probably the end of May or early June.

Its line-up looks an eclectic mix from Andrew Neil to Michelle Dewberry to Alastair Stewart.

It claims to want to be free, fair and impartial and to give its presenters the freedom “to say what they think, to have some fun and to be brave about covering the issues that really matter to the people of Britain.”

We'll see. I am prepared to give it a go, for a while.

[Suff]

My guess is that the defining mantra of GB News will be "within bounds". The reality will come when we see the bounds.

[Workingman]

Its line-up looks slightly right of centre, but tbh I have always found that Neil (Conservative with a BIG capital C) and Dewberry (Brexit) are at least willing to listen to the other view and allow those views to be made. OK they challenge them and always have the last word, but they don't close them down, as is the case with some organisations and their journalists.

5hit or bust, as they say. It could be the making of some of them (the juniors) or the death knell for their careers (the seniors). Time will tell. Hopefully the overall presentation will be neutral, but with and edge.

Shame its base is in London.

[Suff]

Shame its base is in London.

Getting the staff to hop ship is one thing. It is a risk for them. Getting them to up sticks and move to another city in the UK as well as hopping ship to an unknown is probably a step too far.

For my take, I would have liked to see them as a broadcast channel on YouTube as well as on the air. If they are going to make an impact they need to reach out to the younger generation and get the debate out there. Right now it's all WOKE dominated.

Trying to turn that around is hard when it is an unreasonable doubt fed by almost lies and twisted truths and seasoned by a very few small facts.

It would be nice if a news outlet did a 100,000 person survey on whether we, the people, want McDonalds to go totally plant based by 2025. When it comes back as 99.5% NO, the police can just come in and remove people who think they can foist their life choices on everyone because they are intolerant.

I shan't wait for it though.

[TheOstrich]

Yes, the original versions were very opaque.
Prominent BLM activist "Shot in the head" when "men" raided a party. Hmmm, who could possibly have done it - perhaps a group going against the ongoing BLM protests? Now who might they be? Speculation.
We know who was being hinted at, don't we?
Now the truth is coming out in the wash and not much is being said. Black on black violence does not exist in the world of the SJWs.

I couldn't agree more with this analysis.
The facts don't fit the narrative? - keep quiet and move on ....

My own view is that as Ms Johnson has previously called for the police to be "defunded", I don't think the police should spend a fat lot of time and money investigating this crime.

[cromwell]

My own view is that as Ms Johnson has previously called for the police to be "defunded", I don't think the police should spend a fat lot of time and money investigating this crime.

Absolutely. Live your life like you talk it.