Article in The Contrarian by Josh Levs, 7/31/25

Headline:  “The media’s geographic bias strikes again”

Subhead:  “A lone shooter in New York leads to nonstop coverage, while other shootings are ignored.”

“The big news networks like to claim that they cover the entire country. That no matter where you live in the United States, they’re operating with you in mind. Sure, they might be broadcasting from New York City, but really they’re focused just as much on you as they are on their metropolis.

“Then comes a day like Monday.

“A horrible shooting in New York City did not just lead the big cable news networks in prime time; it overtook much or all of them. A lone gunman who killed four people and then himself was, to these networks, the country’s top story.

“The same cannot be said for Reno, Nevada, where a man killed three people outside the largest casino that same day. Nor the gas station in Detroit where two people were killed.

Read the full article at:

https://contrarian.substack.com/p/the-medias-geographic-bias-strikes