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Thursday, October 11, 2007 | 3:50am

The Jena 6 Forgotten: A Product of Over-Zealous Blog/ Internet Tastemakers Wetdream

Posted by Juan

So are you still wearing black?  Do you even care?  If you live in New York or almost anywhere around the globe the news or buzz surrounding the Jena case has considerably died down.  Why is that?  Inherently the media has moved on to a sexier, fresher stories like Marion Jones’ steroids admission or the […]

So are you still wearing black?  Do you even care?  If you live in New York or almost anywhere around the globe the news or buzz surrounding the Jena case has considerably died down.  Why is that?  Inherently the media has moved on to a sexier, fresher stories like Marion Jones’ steroids admission or the most recent school shooting in Cleveland.  But was this ever really a MEDIA story?

Think back…when did you first find out about Jena 6?  If you lived outside of the Gulf area, it was probably through an email forward or reading a blog much like Highbrid Nation. I’ve frequented  Persuing Holiness, a blog published by a woman named Laura over the past few months.  She has done an excellent job of providing a forum and also presenting the facts of the case.  However where I feel Laura and many others miss the mark is that this obviously isn’t a national story because of a brawl in Jena, LA and the events following.  In fact, it’s not a headliner because racism is involved or even because of the media attention.  It’s a national story because us bloggers, the world’s Internet tastemakers made it so.

With the advent of the blog and personal websites and email before it, the internet granted everyone with a computer a public forum.  Some like the Laura at Persuing Holiness and the Evangelical Outpost have done a magnificent job of presenting the facts and holding folks accountable for their biased opinions but perhaps opinion has no place in news.  And that’s where the blog does a disservice.  We have the platform to provide the world with valuable information, informed opinions about everything from politics to stamp collections.  However we need to be RESPONSIBLE and ACCOUNTABLE.

This Jena 6 whirlwind as I’m learning was never about obtaining the truth but a web-journalistic wet dream.  It wasn’t CNN or MSNBC that made this a national story it was us…AND WE GOT IT WRONG.  But we didn’t get canned like Dan Rather, we just moved on.

Laura is right when she points out that the FACTS indicate “the Jena 6 are not the innocent choirboys they were originally made out to be, and they definitely add weight to the conspiracy charges.  In other words, they dilute the preferred narrative.”  I’ve been guilty many times of shifting or omitting the facts in my posts in effort to create the “Preferred Narrative.”  I have an agenda…to build Highbrid Nation’s popularity, generate traffic and build ad revenue.  Almost every blogger out there shares that same agenda but in doing so we’ve created injustice in the very powerful court of public opinion and may have very well have jeopardized the opportunity for Jena to get it right.

Captain African-America (Al Sharpton) got involved because of all the light we shed on this case not because of CNN who jumped in well after the incidents had taken place.  Naturally, as the facts have shown he and the entire defense entourage have chosen to embellish the events to prove their claims of racism and inequality not to eventually find the truth but because he knows…Racism is sexy and turns on the cameras.

So I say to the world…I’m sorry for my part.  I will be more responsible in my reporting as I realize the power in my written word. I also challenge all you bloggers out there to be responsible and accountable.  Try to find a balance between doing good and your personal agenda.  PAZ!

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Comment by dsf
2007-10-11 04:16:22

The reality was in front of us the entire time, but nobody chose to look.

Unlike Mychal Bell, Genarlow Wilson still sleeps in a cell tonight. This ongoing injustice in Georgia is neither fabricated nor distorted.

 
Comment by Urban Thought
2007-10-11 10:34:13

I thank you for stepping up and speaking out. You’re doing a lot more than some. We as a people don’t do enough when justice isn’t being served.

Sure those dudes are no saints. Who is? The reality is racism is still in existence and someone has to bring it to light in order for it to be shut down (if not in our life time someone else’s).

Keep on keeping on. It is this type of reflective behavior that makes us better people and in turn better bloggers.

 
Comment by Dog training
2007-11-23 09:18:43

Very interesting… as always! Cheers from -Switzerland-.

 
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