Papers omit black offenders' race in 94% of articles vs 75% for whites. Hispanic offenders' race omitted in 97% of articles. White killers' race mentioned in first 15% of half the articles. Black killers' race buried until 60%+ in half the articles. Disparity widened post-Floyd to 7:1 ratio for mentioning white vs black race. Even excluding Rittenhouse, Chauvin, Arbery stories, whites mentioned 2-3x more. Pre-Floyd, white race in 13% stories vs black 7%. Post-Floyd, white 28% vs black 4%. Media stopped mugshot galleries to avoid black stereotypes. Newsrooms pushed ''racial justice'' over objectivity after Floyd. Papers overhauled crime language to link crime to racism. Frank James's black nationalism omitted from NYT, Reuters, WaPo coverage. Analyzed 1100 homicide articles from 6 major papers 2019-2021. Race inferred from names, Census, mugshots where omitted.
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