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BBT #12 Snippet | The Chicago Narrative Is a Weapon — And Someone Is Aiming It
The outrage about Chicago isn't random. It doesn't spike when the numbers are worst. It spikes when it's politically useful — when a point needs to be made, when a policy needs cover, when a community needs to be dismissed. The violence is real. But the selective attention to it is a tool, and the people wielding it aren't interested in solving anything. If they were, they'd be talking about St. Louis on Monday and Baltimore on Tuesday.
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00:00 — The Chicago narrative as a weapon: how selective outrage gets turned on and off — and who controls the switch
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