Fox News in Boston Exhibits Irrational, Hateful Opinions on Disabled Persons
On July 20, 2012 Fox 25, WFXT-TV Ten O'Clock news Mr. Jack Levin appeared and discussed with Mark Ockerbloom, the shootings in Aurora Colorado. Levin said,"The shooter, James Holmes may have a long history of mental illness." He suggests if Holmes did have a history it would explain why he shot the theater patrons. Oh? And on what evidence does Mr. Levin base this hatred of persons with disabilities? Are all persons accused of mental illness violent? Clearly Levin is clueless about any statistics. Perhaps he is a paid lobbyist for the drug companies or their puppets the psychiatric industry. He shares the hateful attitude of the drug companies and their lobbyist NAMI which promotes forced drug treatment. It is all about the Benjamins not about reason or evidence.
Rational arguments are not a requirement for journalists. Mr. Ockerbloom and Mr. Levin seem to lack awareness of statistics and reason regarding disabilities and violence. Who are more dangerous and violent? Normal persons or persons with disabilities? Why does Fox News anchors continue to demonize persons with disabilities as if they are all dangerous? Why bash them and stay silent when an academic bigot expresses his own hatred?
It is easier to open a rock than a mind. For more than ten years I wrote to and spoke with on air anchors, and interns who share Levin's bigoted view. Homosexuals call it hate speech, of persons with disabilities. Most of the men and women I spoke with have left Fox 25 news and a new crew brings with them their misguided notion of disability. How long will it take for these alleged enlightened but misinformed or uninformed journalists broadcast their nonsense?
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