Critics say there’s a reason for the discrepancy in media coverage: race.
Mr. Brown was black and the officer who shot him was white. Mr. Taylor wasn
’t black — he’s been described as white and Hispanic — and the officer
who shot him Aug. 11 outside a 7-Eleven in South Salt Lake wasn’t white.
The perceived double standard is fueling resentment and talk of double
standards on conservative talk radio and social media, where the website
Twitchy has compiled a list of Twitter comments asking why Mr. Brown’s
death has been front-page news for weeks while Mr. Taylor’s was a footnote
at best. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/aug/25/critics-see-rac
