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Truth Under Assault NAACP Calls HB 1414 A A6 FRIDAY, mARch 20, 2020 INDIANAPOLIS REcORDER EDITORIAL Journalists walk a fine line in coronavirus coverage By OSEYE BOYD many of us don’t have accurate infor- As we’re dealing with this latest Although our lives are finite, time is mation about COVID-19. pandemic, one thing I’d like you to infinite, and we often think of current Journalists walk a Listening to concerns and read- remember is epidemics and pandemics events in a vacuum as opposed to a fine line. We’re often ing comments on social media, I aren’t new. They’re as old as time, and continuum of time. The Black Death accused of stoking the realized many of us not only have bad coming up with conspiracy theories or bubonic plague killed approximately flames of mass hys- intel, but we share it as if it’s fact. or viewing this as a punishment or 50 million people in Asia, Africa and teria just to sell a few We spout off government conspira- warning from God isn’t new. It’s hu- Europe. It’s believed trade ships helped papers, get a few web- cies without the least bit of proof. I man nature to try to understand and spread the disease. People thought the site clicks or increase understand our reluctance to trust the explain the unexplainable. It’s why Black Death was God’s divine retribu- TV ratings. However, government — it’s part of the same the Greeks and other cultures created tion for sins. Cholera reared its ugly if we downplay or hesitancy that makes us distrust the elaborate stories to explain common head on more than one occasion. Don’t don’t report an issue, media and medical professionals. occurrences. One of my favorites is forget the Spanish Flu, Avian Flu, we’re accused of not doing our jobs. However, as a part of “the media,” I how Helios rode his chariot from east MERS and SARS (both in the corona- It’s damned if you do, damned if get that there are levels to this. Ev- to west daily to explain the rising and virus family) just to name a few more. you don’t. It’s an interesting spot to eryone in “the media” isn’t bad just setting of the sun. I’m not here to argue why or how the be in, and that’s the situation with the as everyone in “the government” or We’re searching for answers. There disease got here, my point is to be re- novel coronavirus, COVID-19. I have a medical field isn’t bad. We’re not all has to be a good explanation for why sponsible in our conversations about the responsibility to provide readers with huddled together every night dream- this disease suddenly appeared. Is disease. Let’s share accurate informa- accurate up-to-date information while ing up some new form of popula- it man-made? If so, are all diseases tion. Join the Recorder at 2 p.m. March not feeding into panic. I take that tion control or to distract you from a man-made? If not, which ones are and 19 on our Facebook page (facebook.com/ responsibility seriously because the last more diabolical plot. Most journalists which ones aren’t? Many Christians IndyRecorder) for a virtual town hall thing I want to do is strike fear in the I know work hard to get it right the believe disease and other ills of society meeting about COVID-19. We’ll have a hearts of our readers. I do, however, first time and want to correct mistakes. entered the world when sin did. If you panel of experts who can answer ques- want to make sure you are well in- Now, I’ve seen and heard some igno- believe diseases are man-made, were tions about how this virus will affect our formed so you can make good decisions. rance and bias in the newsroom too, scientists whipping up diseases way daily lives — jobs, health care, education, It didn’t take long for me to realize but never anything sinister. back in biblical times? etc. — now and into the future. OpInIOns Truth under assault By LARRY SMITH Two of the most important arenas in States. A relative few of these hundreds parcel of the rise of the conservative which this post-truth ethic has been of thousands of people are worthy of media wave that has swept the na- “What is truth?” So especially damning are our politics contempt. tion. Sykes now says that the current asked Pontius Pilate and our media. The implications of Similarly, millions of people con- version of right-wing media is “very of Jesus, during His this state of affairs have increasingly sider the mainstream media — those different from what (he) signed up trial, as recorded in important ramifications. For example, who Rush Limbaugh refers to as “the for” when he started his radio career. John 18:38. Theolo- given the coronavirus crisis, truth — drive-by media” — to be the scourge Today he argues that right-wing radio gians debate whether and the trust that it engenders — liter- of society. There is a cabal — politi- and television are “hermetically-sealed Pilate was being rhe- ally can mean the difference between cians, ultra-wealthy businessmen, universes where conservatives go to torical, philosophical, life and death. think tanks, websites, entertainment have their views confirmed.” He is mocking or jesting. Unfortunately, a relatively small outlets posing as news organizations, not speaking from an ivory tower. He (Notably, Pilate does group of people has successfully con- even “universities” — that is dedicated admits (and genuinely bemoans) the not wait for Jesus to answer.) vinced roughly a third of the American to destroying both “the administrative role that he played in the devolution of I frequently reflect on this enigmatic people that neither the government state” (to use Steve Bannon’s phrase) right-wing media from being a voice exchange as I think about the unpar- nor the “mainstream media” can be and long-established media organiza- that expresses “the other point of view,” alleled importance of truth. Judges trusted under almost any circum- tions. This is not paranoia; many of to being “an echo chamber,” to being and juries are duty bound to seek it. stance. Worse still, these people often them are quite open about their goals. “alternative reality silos.” Indeed, in American jurisprudence, perpetuate this lie for the most self- Again, while media bias is real, there is Sykes wrote a book titled “How the witnesses are admonished to tell “the ish reason — greed. (Of course, the no conspiracy among ABC, CBS, NBC, Right Lost Its Mind,” which details the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but paradox that there are “true believers” et al to destroy America. (Ironically, indispensable role right-wing sensa- the truth” — on pain of offending God. in the promotion of falsehoods doesn’t many of those who mistrust the gov- tionalism and outright lies played in Though truth is sometimes very dif- make them any less damaging to our ernment welcome President Trump’s the election of Donald Trump. Sykes ficult to ascertain, it is imperative that society.) repeated calls for state-run media.) had his “uh oh” moment when he real- we do our best to extract it even in the Obviously, there are legitimate rea- Fortunately, there are defectors — ized that right-wing media, in support- murkiest circumstances — whether in sons not to have complete faith in the fueled by a crisis of conscience — who ing candidate Trump’s incessant lying a court of law or in the court of public government (e.g., Jim Crow, secret ex- are coming forward to denounce the and sensationalism, had completely opinion. Life is meaningless without periments on citizens, COINTELPRO, apparatus of which they were a part. lost its legitimacy. Sadly, he believes truth. Thus, it is to our great detriment cover-ups, etc.). But it is beyond folly For example, there is long-time con- that things are going to get even worse. that we now dwell in a “post-truth” to lump all aspects of government into servative media figure Charlie Sykes. world — a world in which basic facts, the same pile, and then to label that From 1993 to 2016 Sykes hosted a Larry Smith is a community leader. and even reality itself, are under as- pile “corrupt.” The government con- show on talk radio. Beginning just Contact him at [email protected]. sault. This assault affects, and infects, sists of everyone from the local school a few years after Limbaugh went Read the rest of the column at india- virtually every aspect of our lives. board to the president of the United national, Sykes’ show was part-and- napolisrecorder.com. NAACP calls HB 1414 a social safety net for the coal industry By DENISE ABDUL-RAHMAN tion and Creating Jobs Report,” referenced “Blacks polluting industries? The bill completely dismisses in Energy.” the blight, and the negatively impacted property President Barbara Bolling Wil- This legislation is a means to add chaos to a fairly values that are 15% lower because of their proxim- liams called on Gov. Holcomb to inclusive process and seemingly effective. A process ity, according to the “NAACP Just Energy Reducing veto House Bill 1414. All of the in which a business, albeit regulated, is making Pollution and Creating Jobs Report.” The legislation members of the Indiana State Con- decisions in the best interest of their company and completely disregards the asthma, COPD, cancer ference of the NAACP from across stakeholders.
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