The Liberal Media’s Disgusting Racial Double Standard in Crime Reporting: Protecting Black Killers While Demonizing Whites

This chart stems from a meticulous review of nearly 1,100 homicide articles published from 2019 to 2021 in six major left leaning outlets: the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, San Francisco Chronicle, and Minneapolis Star Tribune. Researchers identified offender races through explicit mentions, census confirmed name analysis, and mugshots or local reports. White offenders had their race noted in about 25% of stories overall, versus just 6% for black offenders and 3% for Hispanic. Race mentions for whites appeared early, often in the first 15% of the article, while black offender mentions were shoved to the end, with over 20% in the final sections. The bias exploded after George Floyd’s death in May 2020, surging to 28% for white offenders versus a pathetic 4% for black ones, even excluding high profile cases.

Liberal journalists, drunk on their self righteous racial reckoning, consciously suppress race for non white killers to evade accusations of stereotyping. But this cowardice paints a false picture, downplaying black involvement in violent crime while exaggerating white threats. These outlets, staffed by Democratic elites in coastal bubbles, updated guidelines post 2020 to downplay race in crime stories unless it advances their agenda of blaming systemic racism. The Associated Press spearheaded this, discouraging race mentions and eliminating mugshot galleries when they might expose minority criminals. This is not journalism. It is propaganda crafted to protect Democratic policies that unleash chaos in cities.

The consequences are catastrophic. By hiding black perpetrators’ race, liberal media misleads the public, inflating fears of white crime while ignoring the real threats in minority communities. Democrats reap the benefits, using manufactured outrage to push defund the police madness and equity scams that let repeat offenders roam free. Crime surges in blue cities, innocents die, and the media covers for the politicians responsible.

Nothing illustrates this repulsive bias better than comparing the wall to wall obsession with George Floyd to the shameful silence around Iryna Zarutska. Floyd, killed by white officer Derek Chauvin in 2020, became the ultimate martyr for Black Lives Matter. Liberal networks and papers flooded airwaves and pages with thousands of stories, humanizing Floyd endlessly, framing his death as proof of white supremacy oppressing blacks. Protests turned riots caused billions in damage, yet media cheered them as mostly peaceful. Floyd’s name echoed globally, sparking policy overhauls, corporate groveling, and electoral shifts favoring Democrats.

Fast forward to August 22, 2025. Iryna Zarutska, a 23 year old white Ukrainian refugee fleeing war, was brutally stabbed to death on Charlotte’s Lynx Blue Line light rail. She had embraced America, working at a pizzeria, studying to improve her English, dreaming of becoming a veterinary assistant. Surveillance video captured the horror: Decarlos Dejuan Brown Jr., a 34 year old black man with over a dozen prior arrests, schizophrenia issues, and a history of violence including robbery with a dangerous weapon, sat behind her. Without provocation, he stood and slashed her throat multiple times. Zarutska died on the train, minutes from home.