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In local television news stories of crime, “Whites are far more likely than blacks to be presented as victims. Only as alleged or identified perpetrators do African-Americans dominate newscasts. This reinforces racist stereotypes."

Local TV News: Getting Away with Murder

Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics

Klite, Paul / Bardwell, Robert A. / Salzman, Jason

Vol. 2 Issue 2, pp. 102–112, 1997

10.1177/1081180X97002002009

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