Well, to be fair, the media is racist. For example, the guy that killed three people and had a stand-off is black. No one calling for gun control. Now, some pundits are saying we need to address mental illness. If the perp was white, it would be time to take guns away. Because the media is racist.
I think the media will do whatever they think will bring the most ratings and "Ad" dollars. And, fundamentally, that means telling their perception of their "constituents" what they want to hear (or what they think those constituents
should hear), thereby triggering more and better ratings and higher Ad dollars.. maybe a little "ideology re-engineering" in there, somewhere. To an extent, perhaps it also reflects the mindset of the Network owners as well (i.e. Murdochs, etc.). I guess it would seem that our society, evolving more towards a Marxist/socialist society, is more of a money maker for them (well, MSM and Fox). If everything is just so "Hunky-Dory" right wing prosperous economy, every one carrying their EDCs (without incident), there would be nothing left for the MSM to report on and get those hefty ratings. If appearing to be "racist" will get them better ratings and more ad $$$, that's how they'll appear.
Consider the case of the late Gov. George Wallace of Alabama. When he first arrived on the Natl. Scene (i.e. School busing in the 50's and then his 1968 presidential campaign), he appeared to be totally racist ("I draw the line in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of tyranny...and I say...
segregation now...segregation tomorrow...segregation forever."). What no one seems to remember is the very last line of that speech:
"And my prayer is that the Father who reigns above us will bless all the people of this great sovereign State and nation, both white and black."
So, "separate but equal," perhaps. But as his political career continued and the "ol' south" mellowed considerably, we find Wallace had a much more benevolent attitude towards black people (I dunno, maybe the fact that he was almost assassinated in MD helped a little). In short, Wallace was a "politician," pure and simple. He did what he felt he needed to do and said what he needed to say, to win elections.
Just as our media does to win ratings wars and ad $$$.