Monday, March 29, 2021

New York Daily News' Sin of Omission: White candidates prefered to black and brown

By sin of omision I am refering to Shant Shahrigian's article about the NYC comptroler race. He is white, and his piece puts the white candidates first and foremost in the article, completely omitting the facts about John Tabacco who is NOT a trader as he is barred from trading. Shahrigian might look at broker.com Sharigian might be hard to reach, the press these days is using Covid as an excuse to do hit pieces and then run. I feel like I just watched an accident and am chasing down a car, driven through the ghetto by a rich white man. There was no mention in the article of Daby Carreras, who is both Black and Hispanic. So that might be two strikes against him in the eyes of the New York Daily News, which was once owned by white woman Ghislaine Maxwell. Who is now a burden on the taxpayer as she sits in prison, accused of crimes against minors, some of whom say she was like a nazi contentration camp guard. So no surprise if racism is not rampant where she used to run her mouth and her opinions. A friend of mine, Ken Gibson, reached out to Mr Shahrigian today, calling him twice with facts. Let's see if Sharigian is man enough to respond. I'd like to know who owns this rag or why it's even still around. Might someone there have reasons to exclude Daby Carreras, who has always worked hard to expose corruption? And who lives in Harlem, runs a charity or two and a community garden? There's lots to write about here folks. But somehow I doubt that Shahrigian, or ANY of the reporters at this predominantly white rag, ever come to Harlem. But they don't have to come to the hood to meet the best candidate for NYC comptroller. Let them feel at ease on Wall Street, where they might be surprised to see someone black and brown handling billions of $ with hundreds of top clients. Daby has to work harder, being black and brown, than many of his white counterparts. I wonder if the reporters at this paper even left the office or did a background search on their subjects. Scott Stringer, for instance, who does not account for about $1billion that seems to be missing from the city, possibly embezzled by the mayor's wife? Stringer refused to answer a direct question about this on Sunday, 14 March when questioned in the street - Stringer was standing outside a park by the way that has was illegally taken from the public by white people. The brown and black seldom ever get to stroll inside Lt. Tighe Park on Riverside Drive/Seaman Avenue and Dyckman Street. That too could be a story for a diligent paper. Mr Sharigian, are you listening? Or are you just content to do a story about a rich white man and leave out a more competent - and honest - black and brown individual? Sometimes the press is not lying directly; it lies by what it omits. And by its ommissions it shows its real nature.

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