Los Angeles Police Department and County Sheriff’s Department helicopters fly lower over black neighborhoods than others, we are told, causing all manner of misery for those living below. Left unsaid but implicit in the article is that the only possible explanation for this is racism among the people flying the noisy whirlybirds.

The article is truly a shining example of agenda-driven journalism, in which the reporter, Jeong Park, had to ignore every last bit of relevant information regarding both air traffic control and crime in South Los Angeles so as to assign malign intent among the airborne cops and bring this embarrassment to print. He even linked to an FAA document he apparently believed supported the argument, but which in fact undercuts it.

[Read more about this at PJ Media. — Ed]