Well, they are local man bites dog stories. You don't see the national media covering, for example, local bank robberies or fatal car crashes.
The national media will pick up a shooting where lots of white kids get hurt, or a traffic accidents that kills an entire high school cheerleader squad; but they also routinely ignore the many young black men who are shot to death every weekend in Chicago, because it's not really newsworthy.
The national media will pick up a shooting where lots of white kids get hurt, or a traffic accidents that kills an entire high school cheerleader squad; but they also routinely ignore the many young black men who are shot to death every weekend in Chicago, because it's not really newsworthy.

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