Media needs people who can define actions & reactions, often the police provide it, with no counter

[kpete]

I listened to Jay Nixon's press conference today and read some stories about the reason the police needed to launch tear gas. I read stories that stated protesters threw Molotov cocktails. I looked at the photos. I found a photo that looked like someone throwing a famous cocktail. My mind shifted, "hmm that's not good." But then on twitter someone talks about this same photo:

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Antonio French @AntonioFrench
It's important for people to understand that the man is this photo was throwing it BACK at police who shot it at him.
8:26 AM - 13 Aug 2014

https://twitter.com/AntonioFrench/statuses/499577829420302336

The media need people who can define actions and reactions, often the police provide it, with no counter. But in this case Matt Kresling, a citizen, just like you or me, found that KTVU actually ran video footage that proved that the POLICE were the ones throwing a flash bang at an unarmed crowd.

That footage got 1.5 million views and turned the narrative around, using the MSMs very own footage. No doubt it lead to consequences for the the officers who acted and their future tactics (Hopefully beyond, "Bad boy, don't get caught!') It also leads to monetary settlements which is real leverage for change these days.

raw footage doesn't tell a story.

The police have a media strategy and a default narrative to use. "He was resisting. He drew an object that looked to be a weapon. I felt in danger for my life. He was coming right at me."

The media LOVE the Ferguson story even without an accurate narrative. It's flying peacocks, costumed super heroes and exploding bombs in a Michael Bay movie. "Just look at the photos Bob! Award winning, all of 'em!'

We can do four things.

Create our own media
Work with the main stream media to bolster the view point they are ignoring or skating over
Bitch at the MSM for not getting the whole story
Share stories, images, videos that are better

Way more here -Great info to prepare for our future....:
http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2014/08/whats-media-strategy-of-ferguson.html