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Fox News adopts George Zimmerman - Salon.com
There is no doubt that if the shooter had been black and the victim white, there would have been an immediate arrest and conviction would have been at the speed of sound.
Not surprising that fux is feeding the hate though. Its what they do.
... Few outside Zimmermans defense team have done more to help him than Sean Hannity, who on Friday declared that Zimmerman had already won the trial. As far as Im concerned, this case is over, the Fox host said after playing testimony from a witness who said he saw Trayvon Martin beating Zimmerman MMA style. The day before that, Hannity said on his radio show that the judge should dismiss manslaughter, let alone the second-degree murder charges.
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Mr. Zimmerman who, again, the New York Times refers to as a white Hispanic and the rest of the media has now picked that up, cause that fits the template. You need white-on-black here to gin this up, Rush Limbaugh said last year on his radio show. Hannity couldnt help but bring up the New Black Panthers in an interview with Zimmerman, which focused on how unfortunate it was that the defendants name had been dragged through the mud.
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At times, things have gotten ridiculous. Fox News even recently speculated that Martin could probably kill someone with the Skittles bag and Arizona Iced Tea bottle he was carrying.
There is no doubt that if the shooter had been black and the victim white, there would have been an immediate arrest and conviction would have been at the speed of sound.
Not surprising that fux is feeding the hate though. Its what they do.