On this edition of Your Call’s Media Roundtable, we’ll discuss coverage of the horrific massacre in El Paso, Texas. The LA Times’ Esmeralda Bermudez will talk about the impact of this unspeakable tragedy on the Latino community.
Reveal’s Will Carless and the Guardian’s Jason Wilson will discuss the role of the media in covering the rise of white supremacist terrorism and extremism here in the US and around the globe.
Guests:
Will Carless, correspondent for Reveal covering extremism
Jason Wilson, writer and columnist for The Guardian
Esmeralda Bermudez, staff writer for The Los Angeles Times
Web Resources:
The Guardian: 'White power ideology': why El Paso is part of a growing global threat
Reveal: American cops have openly engaged in Islamophobia on Facebook, with no penalties
Los Angeles Times: For Latinos, El Paso is a devastating new low in a Trump era