somebody wrote:
> "Tom Austin" <taustin> wrote in message news:4a565c62$1@news.povray.org...
> 
>> I recently read a story on CNN
>> http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/07/09/philly.pool/index.html
>>
>> The story is about how a group of black kids were 'expelled' from a pool
>> because of race.
>>
>> An interesting quote is:
>> "He said two other day-care centers, neither of which included minority
>> children, had previously been similarly disinvited."
> 
> Funny (or sad) how that's mentioned only in passing at the end of the
> article (before which point many "readers" stop reading). That's media for
> you. Racism, terrorism, global warming doom and gloom, missing rich white
> photogenic kids, pedophiles and Michael Jackson (but I repeat) do sell.
> 
> 

I did read that some of the minority kids did hear some comments from 
other people at the pool that could be racist.

Yes, the sensational news does sell - and with the amount of news that 
is generated, it makes sense that even small things are seen as big. 
Then you also have reporters that push agendas in their stories - 
purposefully focusing on some aspects while burying others.  But I guess 
that's always gone on - One just has to read between the lines.

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