Can somebody explain what is "PC" about under- or non-reporting of black-on-black murder on the regional news? Susan Kelly points out that the BBC reported it on a national radio station – do other commentators then believe it was being un-PC in doing this? Was it the same BBC which suddenly became PC later in the day. Does this actually make sense to those who seem to be implying such a thing?The assertion is nonsense: Most folk know about Operation Trident precisely because it IS reported on, and has been for years. Far from being covered up, related incidents are frequently reported in the media, and the operation has been heavily promoted by the Met as well as government. Hello? "PC race censorship"? What?If I was to wildly speculate based on the thinly reported facts, and inject some personal prejudice on top of my ignorance of the facts, there are a few possible reasons other than political correctness I could come up with for the lack of "photofits", and lack of detail in, or prominence of, regional reports.For example:- Re: photofits, perhaps they didn't have witnesses able to provide descriptions (reports suggest it happened inside a residential building, perhaps it happened inside somebody's apartment). Perhaps they didn't have time to produce any before the evening news. Is it normal for photofits of suspects to be published within a few hours of a murder? I don't know. Maybe the surviving victim who was reported to be in a "critical condition" wasn't conscious or able to talk to a police artist, or whichever profession it is which produces such things.- Re: images, I’m assuming you weren't bemoaning the lack of photos of dead and injured people, rather the lack of mugshots of suspects? Maybe the police don't know their identity. Maybe they do have an idea of their identity, but don't have any mugshots.- Maybe racism pushed the perceived importance of the shooting down below other issues or events in the minds of those deciding on the news items to broadcast (e.g. "it's only black people shooting each other, let's talk about football, or rich comedians doing what rich people do, or somebody running around Walpole park with a burning metal ice cream cone"). "If it bleeds, it leads", or so the saying goes. If true, perhaps there was an "important" reason for leaving the incident off the specifically mentioned regional report which you have decided was probably being PC. What else was on the news? Maybe a story about a lost dog that turned up safely (aaaah). The news runs with unimportant stories every day, while ignoring critical issues – is this because of political correctness too, or the other way round?Any of these might be true or untrue, but seem to me to be far more likely candidates than some spooky incarnation of political correctness – the opposite seems more likely to me, but that's just ignorant speculation. Add yours to increase the fun.Meanwhile, somebody's dead, another's injured, but don't let that force you into being politically correct, or indeed correct in any way.
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