Media Research Center writer Jorge Bonilla has a thing for wanting to make sure you know the ethnicity of an alleged criminal, though only if that person is non-white. He did this again in a Dec. 14 post:
If ABC News is going to spend precious newscast time on a sex predator that tried to grab and do God-knows-what to three female students on separate occasions, then wouldn’t it be worthwhile to provide viewers with as much information as possible on the suspect so people know what to look for? It appears not.
Here’s the full report, as aired on ABC World News Tonight on Wednesday, December 13th, 2023. Guess what was left out of the suspect description:
[…]Such is the prevalence of the woke mind virus that it is now racist to provide the apparent race or ethnicity of the suspect when reporting on matters of crime- all in the interest of not offending sensibilities. These are the problems that the Acela Media grapple with.
Closer to the situation, however, there is less concern with propriety. Rightfully so, when a predator is on the loose. From The Daily Wildcat:
UAPD described the suspect as a “male who appeared to be Hispanic” with a “heavy set build” who was approximately 5 feet, 8 inches tall. “He was wearing an orange shirt and jeans.” According to the report, the victim did not see the man enter or leave a vehicle at any point.
There is an available race/ethnic descriptor, but ABC simply chooses to forgo disclosing it to its public.
It is little wonder that trust in the media is so low.
Bonilla doesn’t explain why an ethnic descriptor is needed for what is essentially a local story being reported by a national media outlet. The Daily Wildcat, on the other hand, is the student newspaper for the University of Arizona, where these alleged attacks were taking place, so it’s a lot closer to the situation and a fuller description of the suspect is more essential.
It seems that Bonilla really wants to make you believe that all non-white people are violent criminals, a common right-wing narrative.