Here's an example of what I was trying to say yesterday about journalism and
facts. The facts are in the story, but many news sources, especially the
NYT, do not report the story in accurate terms because they posit an
equivalence between the militarized police and the protestors, and they omit
the reasons for the protests and the fact that these are our native people,
once more, being displaced and destroyed by our government for the profit of
white men. So just what facts are provided to the public?
Miriam
'Nothing To See Here' Headlines Conceal Police Violence At Dakota Access
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EDUCATE! CORPORATE MEDIA, DAKOTA ACCESS PIPELINE, MEDIA, POLICE VIOLENCE
By Jim Naureckas, www.fair.org
November 23rd, 2016
Above Photo: "Environmental assessments failed to disclose the presence and
proximity of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation," stated UN expert Victoria
Tauli-Corpuz. (Photo: John Duffy/flickr/cc)
The New York Times(11/21/16) gets a failing grade for its headline over a
report on escalating police violence against Native American activists and
others defending the Missouri River against the Dakota Access Pipeline:
16 Arrested at North Dakota Pipeline Protest
Sorry, New York Times-when more than 470 people have been arrested opposing
the pipeline since August, that's not the news. Nor did the print edition
headline-"16 Arrested at North Dakota Pipeline Protest as Tensions
Continue"-add anything.
No, the news in the story came in the second paragraph, where reporter Jonah
Engel Bromwich wrote that "officials also defended their use of fire hoses
against protesters the night before, despite the below-freezing weather."
Perhaps Times editors thought that wasn't news, because police use of "water
cannons" against demonstrators was mentioned in an AP report that ran on the
Times website the day before (11/20/16) under the anodyne headline "Police,
Protesters Face Off at Dakota Access Pipeline." If that was the case,
editors could have found more pressing information than the arrest count in
the eighth paragraph of the latest story:
Dallas Goldtooth, a spokesman for the Indigenous Environmental Network, said
in a phone interview on Monday that the Oceti Sakowin medical team, which
had been working in tandem with medics from the Standing Rock Sioux tribe,
had reported that nearly 200 people were injured and 12 people were
hospitalized for head injuries. One protester went into cardiac arrest and
was revived by the medic team, he said.
NPR's website (11/21/16) likewise reported the story of police violence
leading to widespread injuries under an innocuous headline: "Police,
Protesters Clash Near Dakota Access Pipeline Route," as did ABC News
(11/21/16) with its "Hundreds of Dakota Access Protesters Clash With
Police." This "clash" framing-also utilized in headlines on CBS (11/20/16)
and CNN (11/20/16)-implies a parity between police in military vehicles,
employing water cannon, tear gas, pepper spray, rubber-coated bullets and
concussion grenades (one of which may have cost an activist her arm), on the
one hand, and basically unarmed civilians on the other. (Police say one
officer was hit in the head by a thrown rock.)
One almost gets the sense that editors writing headlines like these have
enlisted themselves on the sheriff's team, waving spectators away with a
"nothing to see here, folks."
The Washington Post (11/21/16) got the news into the headline, but framed it
from a police perspective: "Police Defend Use of Water Cannons on Dakota
Access Protesters in Freezing Weather."
Some headlines did a better job of focusing on what was actually new while
conveying a sense of the shocking violence employed by militarized police
against people defending their water supply:
. "Officers Douse Dakota Access Oil Pipeline Protesters With Water in
Subfreezing Weather" (Denver Post, 11/21/16)
. "Dakota Pipeline: Protesters Soaked With Water in Freezing
Temperature" (NBCNews.com, 11/21/16)
. "Dakota Access Pipeline: 300 Protesters Injured After Police Use
Water Cannons" (Guardian, 11/21/16)
. "Dakota Access Pipeline Protester May Lose Her Arm After Small
Explosion, Activists Say" (LA Times, 11/21/16)
This New York Times headline (11/21/16) does more to conceal than promote
the news in the story below.
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'Nothing To See Here' Headlines Conceal Police Violence At Dakota Access
Educate! Corporate Media, Dakota Access Pipeline, Media, Police violence
By Jim Naureckas, www.fair.org
November 23rd, 2016
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Above Photo: "Environmental assessments failed to disclose the presence and
proximity of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation," stated UN expert Victoria
Tauli-Corpuz. (Photo: John Duffy/flickr/cc)
The New York Times(11/21/16) gets a failing grade for its headline over a
report on escalating police violence against Native American activists and
others defending the Missouri River against the Dakota Access Pipeline:
16 Arrested at North Dakota Pipeline Protest
Sorry, New York Times-when more than 470 people have been arrested opposing
the pipeline since August, that's not the news. Nor did the print edition
headline-"16 Arrested at North Dakota Pipeline Protest as Tensions
Continue"-add anything.
No, the news in the story came in the second paragraph, where reporter Jonah
Engel Bromwich wrote that "officials also defended their use of fire hoses
against protesters the night before, despite the below-freezing weather."
Perhaps Times editors thought that wasn't news, because police use of "water
cannons" against demonstrators was mentioned in an AP report that ran on the
Times website the day before (11/20/16) under the anodyne headline "Police,
Protesters Face Off at Dakota Access Pipeline." If that was the case,
editors could have found more pressing information than the arrest count in
the eighth paragraph of the latest story:
Dallas Goldtooth, a spokesman for the Indigenous Environmental Network, said
in a phone interview on Monday that the Oceti Sakowin medical team, which
had been working in tandem with medics from the Standing Rock Sioux tribe,
had reported that nearly 200 people were injured and 12 people were
hospitalized for head injuries. One protester went into cardiac arrest and
was revived by the medic team, he said.
NPR's website (11/21/16) likewise reported the story of police violence
leading to widespread injuries under an innocuous headline: "Police,
Protesters Clash Near Dakota Access Pipeline Route," as did ABC News
(11/21/16) with its "Hundreds of Dakota Access Protesters Clash With
Police." This "clash" framing-also utilized in headlines on CBS (11/20/16)
and CNN (11/20/16)-implies a parity between police in military vehicles,
employing water cannon, tear gas, pepper spray, rubber-coated bullets and
concussion grenades (one of which may have cost an activist her arm), on the
one hand, and basically unarmed civilians on the other. (Police say one
officer was hit in the head by a thrown rock.)
One almost gets the sense that editors writing headlines like these have
enlisted themselves on the sheriff's team, waving spectators away with a
"nothing to see here, folks."
The Washington Post (11/21/16) got the news into the headline, but framed it
from a police perspective: "Police Defend Use of Water Cannons on Dakota
Access Protesters in Freezing Weather."
Some headlines did a better job of focusing on what was actually new while
conveying a sense of the shocking violence employed by militarized police
against people defending their water supply:
. "Officers Douse Dakota Access Oil Pipeline Protesters With Water in
Subfreezing Weather" (Denver Post, 11/21/16)
. "Dakota Pipeline: Protesters Soaked With Water in Freezing
Temperature" (NBCNews.com, 11/21/16)
. "Dakota Access Pipeline: 300 Protesters Injured After Police Use
Water Cannons" (Guardian, 11/21/16)
. "Dakota Access Pipeline Protester May Lose Her Arm After Small
Explosion, Activists Say" (LA Times, 11/21/16)
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