Where did the media fall short?
The media in its quest for the sensational chose to feed information to the public in bits and pieces before the wheels of justice could get started. Further there are numerous sources so the public received changing and different messages as the case unfolded. The media promoted the creation of many passive lynch mobs (those who would gather to abridge due process) and the President opened his mouth. All of this could be viewed as racism. Perhaps at the time the media had no other photographs of the individuals involved but using the pictures of Trayvon and Zimmerman which were out of date prejudices the readers and viewers. Of course this is a common practice in news reporting. Fortunately the case is being dealt with and the merits of Stand your ground and Zimmerman’s guilt or innocence will evolve. It was responsible of several news writers to report the action of some black fathers in cautioning their sons on how to behave in such situations in our less than ideal world.