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| would like to use my space this month to
address the recent Mardi Gras riots which took place in
Seattle and Philadelphia this past Ash Wednesday. |
feel obligated to bring this to the public's attention as
no other news source seems to deem it necessary.

Unfortunately, the earthquake on the follow-
ing day pushed these disgusting acts out of the
evening news. By disgusting acts | am referring to
guns being fired into crowds, innocent people being
beat to the ground for no reason, and people's cars
being destroyed. In Seattle, several people were taken
to the hospital, two of whom were in critical condition
at the time. | cannot tell you their current status, how-
ever, as all of the major and local news web-sites fail
to make any mention of the riot or it's repercussions
whatsoever, which is, in all seriousness, some messed
up shit. This above all else should be the top story
being broadcast! I'm sure that the mayor of Seattle is
thanking god for the earthquake occurring at the time
that it did, as now his city doesn't have the gutter
image it deserves right now. The lack of coverage of
this event could be attributed to two factors. One:
that the city is so overcome by the disaster of the
earthquake, that the riots seem unimportant in com-
parison, or two: that the media is using a natural disas-
ter to sweep the riot under the rubble in order to gain
federal funding for repairs. Try telling that to the thir-
teen-year-old in the hospital or the families of the two
people who were almost beat to death. The journalists
choosing to ignore this issue and the news stations
responsible for pushing this story to the sidelines
should be ashamed of themselves; a political ploy
should never take precedence over the interests of the
people.

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1 would like to use my space this month to
address the recent Mardi Gras riots which took place in
Seattle and Philadelphia this past Ash Wednesday. |
feel obligated to bring this to the public's attention as
no other news source seems to deem it necessary.

Unfortunately, the earthquake on the follow-
ing day pushed these disgusting acts out of the
evening news. By disgusting acts | am referring to
‘guns being fired into crowds, innocent people being
beat to the ground for no reason, and people's cars
being destroyed. In Seattle, several people were taken
to the hospital, two of whom were in citical condition
at the time. | cannot tell you their current status, how-
ever, as all of the major and local news web-sites fail
to make any mention of the riot or it's repercussions
whatsoever, which is, in all seriousness, some messed
Up shit. This above all else should be the top story
being broadcast! I'm sure that the mayor of Seattle is
thanking god for the earthquake occurring at the time
that it did, as now his city doesn’t have the gutter
image it deserves right now. The lack of coverage of
this event could be attributed to two factors. One:
that the city isso overcome by the disaster of the
‘earthquake, that the riots seem unimportant in com-
parison, or two: that the media is using a natural disas-
ter to sweep the riot under the rubble in order to gain
federal funding for repairs. Try telling that to the thir-
ten-year-old in the hospital or the families of the two
people who were almost beat to death. The journalists
choosing to ignore this issue and the news stations
responsible for pushing this story to the sidelines
should be ashamed of themselves; a political ploy
should never take precedence over the interests of the
people.

BY MORGAN WATT

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