Further to my post, "yet another killing"

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.thisislond...death-outside-tube.do

http://www.sheffieldt...abbed-near.6283130.jp

http://www.independen...rlfriend-1970212.html

It is only when one reads this link,

"http://www.24dash.com/news/Communities/2010-
05-10-Murdered-Polish-teenager-was-trying-to-
protect-girlfriend


that one is told "Police said the suspect is a black man who ran off after the attack".

Even though it is the 11th teenager this year to be so savagely killed, and one suspects the killers are more likely to be black, it is becoming more and more common for the media to omit the killers colour.

[thetruthhurts]

http://www.theanswerb...members/anotheoldgit/

Look at the amount of threads you start about race issues. This is not objective this is blatant race hate

[sp1814]

Seriously AOG...this whole thread seems to be a complete mis-step.

If the suspect's race had been witheld from all news media and then when he was apprehended, it transpired he was black, then I'd understand your post.

But all the links we've found thus far prove the very opposite.

When you write "it is becoming more and more common for the media to omit the killers colour", which media are you referring to?

[sp1814]

Blimey thetruthhurts...I didn't you could do that.

Slightly horrifying.

AOG - just to what a nice man I am, I've given you a thorough answer to your question "Transferring music tracks in Windows Vista".

I trust that you are not breaking any copyright laws.

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.publicatio...mcumeds/362/36212.htm

/// Discrimination ///

/// i. The press must avoid prejudicial or pejorative reference to an individual's race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation or to any physical or mental illness or disability.///

/// ii. Details of an individual's race, colour, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental illness or disability must be avoided unless genuinely relevant to the story. ///

[Kromovaracun]

Eh?

[sandyRoe]

Public transport in London seems to be very dangerous. Would it be wiser to use taxis?

[thetruthhurts]

Do what????

[thetruthhurts]

sandy, unless they are black lol

[Thomas]

The train is much safer.

[anotheoldgit]

They let them out of school early these days.

[Quinlad]

This thread is baffling.

Am I right in thinking it's pointing out that, in articles such as this, the media don't mention the race of the perpetrator? Even though they actually do? Help!

[Gromit]

You got it in one Quinlad.

I have however found a report of a fatal stabbing in todays news which fails to indentify the colour of the attacker

// Alan McMullan fatally stabbed 21-year-old Claire Wilson as she walked to her job as a Pizza Hut waitress in Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, last June. //

http://news.bbc.co.uk...nd/humber/8673043.stm

Could it be that if the attacker is black, they are more likely to have their colour described than if they are white?

[sp1814]

Same as this BBC news story where they fail to name the actor nominated for this BAFTA award, nor the name of the character he played:

http://news.bbc.co.uk...and_arts/10104256.stm