Noticed this for years with Bay Area media: "Oakland" is always a crime story, while real estate or some festival in a white area would exclusively get referred to by its neighborhood name (Rockridge, Montclair etc) and you wouldnt even know it was in Oakland.
The Receipts:
Former CNN and KRON 4 Journalist, Soledad O’Brien recounts how the news stations forced journalists to only focus on negative stories about Oakland, and ignore positive stories.
There was an understanding that any who spoke out against it risked losing their jobs
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