Uh Oh, Another Story about Racism...

One thing comes to mind after reading the article and that is the fact that one story is simple and the other is more complex. It is easy for someone to go online, hear the Imus clip and react with immediate outrage. That is simple. But for someone to look into the Duke story, see how it has not only affected the young men but the community and the nation as a whole, this is considerably more complex. It isn't necessarily an issue of whether or not the boys were found guilty anymore, now it's a matter of who will pay for the wrongful accusations brought against them. The press can't rightly report on the apparent victim of the Duke "rape" because this information is ethically confidential. The real story now is will this accuser be brought to justice for the mistakes that she made. This could become quite complicated for the press. The Don Imus story is a three line story at most. Let's see, Don Imus racially insulted the Rutger's team. Al Sharpton got mad. Racism is still a big issue in this country and something should be done about it. So it's another story of racism, but it's easy to report on and that's why it's such a big deal.