It took less than two days for the press to take a story about a white South Carolina man who shot and killed nine black churchgoers, and turn it into a story about the Confederate battle flag flying outside South Carolina’s state house.
For media, the flag as a supposedly influential symbol of racial oppression and hate represented an issue that required immediate attention and hours of coverage. By Friday, the press’ focus on the flag was intense…
Elsewhere, C-SPAN’s Howard Mortman dredged up 15-year-old footage of former President George W. Bush addressing the question of the battle flag during a 2000 GOP primary debate in South Carolina. The Huffington Post meanwhile reminded its readers that former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush in 2001 ordered that the flag be taken down from its place at the state capitol in Tallahassee.
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