A tale of two takes

[Anonymous]

Wapo’s

https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/of-interest/2024/03/01/cvs-washington-dc-shoplifting-closure/

Fox’s:

https://www.foxnews.com/media/washington-post-reporter-calls-shoplifting-concerns-moral-panic-usa-country-built-stolen-land

Who wins??? Progressive libs who think crime is overblown by the media or a right wing magazine for Trump supporters????0

[Anonymous]

Fox News' article simply pulls from her WaPo piece.

I think Miss Judkis is in a bit of denial. When she addressed the "dearth in active policing" did she happen to cite the "Defund the Police" movement or the fact that attacks on police have only risen in the past 3 years?

And, to write off the increase in shoplifting, mob thefts, smash and grabs, and other violent and non-violent theft as somehow "cultural" is comical.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fox News' article simply pulls from her WaPo piece.

I think Miss Judkis is in a bit of denial. When she addressed the "dearth in active policing" did she happen to cite the "Defund the Police" movement or the fact that attacks on police have only risen in the past 3 years?

And, to write off the increase in shoplifting, mob thefts, smash and grabs, and other violent and non-violent theft as somehow "cultural" is comical.

She did not cite BLM’s “defund the police” movement.

[Anonymous]

To paraphrase the progressives, Yawn.
-Centrist Dem

[Anonymous]

She's right, because "America is a sticky-fingered nation built on stolen land, and its current moral panic is about shoplifting."

[Anonymous]

Nice try, OP.

We are still going to recall your extremist Council members, and change the laws back to something resembling sanity.

[Anonymous]

Corporate price gouging.

[Anonymous]

The WaPo story neglected to mention Nadeau's bill that made it nearly impossible for MPD to check if sidewalk vendors are selling stolen property.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wapo’s

https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/of-interest/2024/03/01/cvs-washington-dc-shoplifting-closure/

Fox’s:

https://www.foxnews.com/media/washington-post-reporter-calls-shoplifting-concerns-moral-panic-usa-country-built-stolen-land

Who wins??? Progressive libs who think crime is overblown by the media or a right wing magazine for Trump supporters????0

You know who loses most under both scenarios? Lower income, poorly resourced residents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She's right, because "America is a sticky-fingered nation built on stolen land, and its current moral panic is about shoplifting."

Every country is built on stolen land.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wapo’s

https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/of-interest/2024/03/01/cvs-washington-dc-shoplifting-closure/

Fox’s:

https://www.foxnews.com/media/washington-post-reporter-calls-shoplifting-concerns-moral-panic-usa-country-built-stolen-land

Who wins??? Progressive libs who think crime is overblown by the media or a right wing magazine for Trump supporters????0

You know who loses most under both scenarios? Lower income, poorly resourced residents.

Good point. The well-off on DCUM can compare competing news organizations while sipping our evening cocktail. We are a fortunate bunch comparatively.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She's right, because "America is a sticky-fingered nation built on stolen land, and its current moral panic is about shoplifting."

Every country is built on stolen land.

Thank you! We are not special.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fox News' article simply pulls from her WaPo piece.

I think Miss Judkis is in a bit of denial. When she addressed the "dearth in active policing" did she happen to cite the "Defund the Police" movement or the fact that attacks on police have only risen in the past 3 years?

And, to write off the increase in shoplifting, mob thefts, smash and grabs, and other violent and non-violent theft as somehow "cultural" is comical.

I would argue it HAS become cultural.

[Anonymous]

just read both articles. they're both obnoxious. as usual, the truth lies somewhere in the middle. but for this one probably closer to fox than wapo

[Anonymous]

Gotta go broken windows. From teenagers to the food trucks on the mall - break the law, do the time.