Self censorship
Self censorship for political correctness is very common in the MSM.
Hiding race of minority perpetrators is extremely common, frequently prescribed by press codes. Sweden invented white pixelization or white pixelation of perp photos, so the race could not be determined. Rather the faces of dark skinned criminals would appear white.
Celf censorship often determines emphasis and slant: Black crime is barely mentioned, often excused or justified, while whites killing Blacks is blown out of proportion. Often self defense cases like in the Michael Brown and Darren Wilson case in Ferguson
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Don't publish video and photo of Black rapist
German public-TV station ZDF postpones airing a TV report about a black man raping a 21yo woman in Dortmund last march, because of concern, that it might add to current anti-immigrant attitudes among germans.
>the show 'Aktenzeichen XY' is used to reach out to the public for clues, after the traditional investigation fails >Dortmund police allegedly tried to intervene, to not postpone the airing and is very disappointed by the decision >'We don't want to add fuel to the fire and add to a bad atmosphere. The people don't deserve that.' chief editor Ina-Maria Reize-Wildemann
(only have a german link, mb google translate can help):
german tv-show “aktenzeichen XY” (a show that tries to solve crimes by re-enacting and drawing attention to them) won’t broadcast a finished segment about the rape of a 21-year-old woman, because the suspect is black.
editor-in-chief Ina-Maria Reize-Wildemann (pic related) justified the decision with the current negative disposition of germans against refugees since the person that local police had unsuccessfully tried to find with mugshots was black, reporting it “could increase prejudices against foreigners” “we don’t want to spread a negative atmosphere, these people do not deserve that”, Reize-Wildemann is quoted police spokesman Oliver Peiler reacted to the decision by saying “the dortmund (city where it happened) police do not have the authority or intent to manipulate the broadcast decision. since we only use public appeal as a last resort when cases could not get solved without public help, we are sad to acknowledge that a future solving of the crime seems unlikely.”
German original links
Editorial board did not want to "add fuel to the fire"
One day earlier, editor in chief Ina-Maria Reize-Wildemann of "Aktenzeichen XY" (file number XY) had justified her decision with right wing propaganda against refugees in Germany: "We don't want to add fuel to the fire and further promote bad attitudes. These people don't deserve this". She was referring to refugees, and the hateful comments in internet forums, and whose accomodations in Germany suffer attacks.
ZDF zeigt Fahndungs-Beitrag über schwarzen Verdächtigen doch | WAZ.de - Lesen Sie mehr auf: http://www.derwesten.de/staedte/dortmund/zdf-zeigt-fahndungs-beitrag-ueber-schwarzen-verdaechtigen-doch-id11009016.html#plx2062602304
