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the G-man said:
For what it is worth, Yahoo has issued a statement about this.

Apparently, the two photos, and the captions came from two completely different news organizations. The "white" photo, and caption, came from AFP/Getty, while the "black" photo, and caption, came from the Associated Press.

Had the same person wrote the captions, I could see racism.

But when two different people, at two different news agencies, did it, that's a harder call to make. The different in terms could be due to a number of things: hesitancy on one reporter's part to call taking food in a crisis "looting" vs willingness on the other reporter's part to do so; an editorial edict at one organization that holds you can't accuse someone of a "crime" (such as looting) without a conviction for legal reasons (for a while Rueters referred to Osama Bin Laden as an "alleged terrorist"); etc.

It's an interesting issue and it goes to show how the media's use of language is something that always should be scrutinized.



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