[yorkietalkjilly]

Well, this is what I heard from Twitter and then looked up on my own. I know the New York Times called Zimmerman a "white Hispanic"?!?! Can you imagine them calling a racially mixed black person such as President Obama a "white black" or a "black white"? There would be such a hue & cry over that kind of labelling we would never hear the end of it. But not in this case. Hardly anyone has protested that attempt to twist the story ever so subtly. Even some newscasts on TV used that "white Hispanic" label. It is just part of the media's way to stir up bad feelings and increase newspaper readership, online hits and TV ratings. I think our media would be almost happy if they could create riots and big stories to cover and the way they drive a story can certainly foster those things when they keep covering a story over & over while other stories go uncovered. Are they just biased or lazy and don't want to investigate & flesh out more than a few stories they tell repeatedly? I know I saw from another Twitter link an online copy of Mr. Zimmerman's voter registration and he lists himself as Hispanic and Democrat on the form - not "white" or "white Hispanic". The NY Times had access to that form and yet they called him "white Hispanic" in a story! This kind of news coverage makes you wonder if we ever get any true stories from the media without a trial where we can follow the developments ourselves. It is so worrisome.