Protests aren’t what they look like on TV
What protest news coverage does — and doesn’t — show you.
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The killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery have ignited protests around the world. Those protests have dominated news coverage. But when it comes to communicating the protests’ scale, character, and purpose, a lot of that coverage falls short.
Part of that is because of the media’s incentive to highlight the most dramatic imagery; it’s why so much protest coverage has been filled with violent and chaotic scenes of fire, looters, and tear gas. But it’s also because of the nature of protest imagery itself. In this video, journalism professor Jason Johnson and Vox editor Kainaz Amaria explain that, while the news can show you what a protest looks like, it’s a lot worse at telling you why it’s happening.
Further reading:
https://www.vox.com/first-person/2020/5/29/21274891/george-floyd-cop-arrested-minneapolis-breonna-taylor
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@Vox
November 3, 2025 at 1:12 am
These photos capture the stark contrast in police response to the George Floyd protests and the anti-lockdown protests: https://bit.ly/3cEASrW
@ZayaMillis
November 3, 2025 at 1:12 am
I'm revisiting the protests because it's important to remember and I really appreciate the reporting with this video!
@64kimmyjo
November 3, 2025 at 1:12 am
It was all a lie. He overdosed.
@LPRO1685
November 3, 2025 at 1:12 am
Police wrongfully killed another Black man. Where’s the protest? Your foundation was a social trend used by the government.
@epochoftime
November 3, 2025 at 1:12 am
2 billion in damages
@thirdpowerful1
November 3, 2025 at 1:12 am
What is the final solution to the white people question?
@thadiusmusic
November 3, 2025 at 1:12 am
Yall are a bunch of bots, escape the Matrix!
@Uncivilize
November 3, 2025 at 1:12 am
Who's responsible for people being violent at protests? The people who are violent at protests.
@eisenritter7805
November 3, 2025 at 1:12 am
blacks and cops are both violent
@theonetrueking2685
November 3, 2025 at 1:12 am
Vox if you want anyone to believe what you're saying then put out more balanced stories but you don't do that so the average person with any kind of brain is going to be suspicious of your content. And that goes for ALL big media channels that have a "point of view." Your point of view is just supposed to be facts, period. Not pushing any agenda. Not left. Not right.
@straightfacts2921
November 3, 2025 at 1:12 am
The word racism has lost it value
@deb_1995
November 3, 2025 at 1:12 am
"Hey the police is racist. So I'll set this innocent guy's small business store on fire. Don't ask me for the logic. I am a Vox fan!"
@PenisPotato898
November 3, 2025 at 1:12 am
Chanting no Justice no peace fall the fully intimidated the jury into convicting someone on a false charge of killing someone who died of a drug overdose ironic and moronic I just hope that if any of those people that were out threatening the jury of Derek Chauvin‘s trial they ever have to stay in trial someone doesn’t intimidate the jury and to convicting them of a crime that they didn’t commit It’s disgusting that people ruined a persons career and threw him in prison on falls charges because of feelings and because a guy died of a drug overdose and then the coroner was your intimidator paid off to say it was not a drug overdose we’re being fed lies and people believe them instead of looking at the reality and the facts
@PenisPotato898
November 3, 2025 at 1:12 am
Get it right his name is fentanyl Floyd
@datdudeczn
November 3, 2025 at 1:12 am
"who is to blame for the violence"
rioters
@datdudeczn
November 3, 2025 at 1:12 am
i dont think they are peaceful.
@bernardH06
November 3, 2025 at 1:12 am
Don't you have even a little bit of honesty and integrity?
@joeljacobs8137
November 3, 2025 at 1:12 am
Black Lives Matter
@joeljacobs8137
November 3, 2025 at 1:12 am
✊🏿
@joeljacobs8137
November 3, 2025 at 1:12 am
Rest and peace Jorge Floyd BLM ✊🏿
@markk2403
November 3, 2025 at 1:12 am
is that a bookshelf. and a keyboard.
@conservativedragon
November 3, 2025 at 1:12 am
99.9% of people got killed by the police got what they deserve got what they deserve
@axelhalbardier8874
November 3, 2025 at 1:12 am
This video is 1 trillion percent realistic and objective!!
@henryrosales1524
November 3, 2025 at 1:12 am
so you undermine all the crime,arson and murser then and you people think all lives matter undermine BLM all language they use like unti blackness is just putting division on you people you should listen more to people who teach you to love all black and blue
@rvilletto123
November 3, 2025 at 1:12 am
Over 2 billion in damages says it all. Thank you.
@rvilletto123
November 3, 2025 at 1:12 am
Vox used to be good. Now it’s a sell out. You will see your rating decline, just watch.
@llIIIIlllIIIllI
November 3, 2025 at 1:12 am
regardless of whether they are violent rioters, they're are still wrong on an alarming level.
@ktttttt
November 3, 2025 at 1:12 am
Idk why I thought of Hong Kong protests when watching this
@tiernanwearen8096
November 3, 2025 at 1:12 am
No wonder covid is so bad
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