Media Double Standard On Jewish Hate Vs. Other Hate Crimes Hits New Low
Imagine for a moment that a man in a car tries to run over several black students at a Historically Black College or University. Also, imagine that man hurling racial slurs at the students while he attempts to murder them.
If that happened, think about what the media coverage might look like. It would be the lead story (perhaps the only story) on every corporate media channel, the front-page story on every major newspaper and social media would be flooded with people posting about the attempted attack.
Quite frankly, that would be justified. Acts of hatred like that deserve to be showcased and condemned.
Why then, did you probably not hear about a situation just like that happening in Brooklyn, New York on Wednesday?
Perhaps it's because the students were Jewish, running for their lives outside a Jewish school and the man in the car was yelling antisemitic slurs.
Video shows a man allegedly attempting to run over Jewish college students while shouting antisemitic slurs, but the media is largely silent.
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Security camera footage shows a white sedan jumping over the curb and onto the lawn outside a Jewish school while several students, dressed in Jewish clothing, run into the building to escape.
Perhaps it's also because the person behind the attempted attack is named Asghar Ali and, according to police, is a Pakistani immigrant with a history of mental illness and arrests.
This story was sent to me by someone at OutKick on Thursday afternoon. More than 24 hours after the incident, I had not heard anything about it. I Googled "Asghar Ali" to see just how much attention and coverage the attack was receiving.
The New York Times did a story on the attack, but it's nowhere near the front of its website. The same holds true for NBC News and ABC News. CNN has no story on the incident.
A local radio station, 1010 WINS had New York City Mayor Eric Adams on its air on Wednesday. Here's a description of the interview on the radio station's website: "Mayor Adams on WINS: Is NYC taking back Diddy's key to the city? Plus: The latest on the lifeguard shortage & possible Brooklyn hate crime."
Hmmm. The lifeguard shortage is more pressing news than a "possible Brooklyn hate crime"? Let's go back to the hypothetical scenario I painted at the beginning of the story. Would that be labeled as a "possible hate crime"?
Ali is charged with hate crimes in connection with the incident. He is facing more than 10 charges, including attempted murder as a hate crime.
Based on what we've been told by the media and politicians, there is no greater threat to the United States than hate crimes or attacks on people based on their race, religion, or gender. Yet, they're awfully quiet about this particular attack.
Ask yourself a simple question: why is that?