Opinion
New York Times Runs Dozens of Stories About Slain CEO – But Hasn’t Covered the Killing of Teenager in Possible Hate Crime Just a Few Miles Away
Michael LucianoDec 9th, 2024, 11:04 pm
Two Killings in Manhattan a Day Apart, and the Gap in The New York Times’ Coverage of Them Might as Well Be Measured in Light-Years
One day after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was gunned down in Midtown Manhattan on Wednesday, a group of men stabbed two migrants in Lower Manhattan, one of them fatally. Before the attack, they reportedly asked their victims if they spoke English.
Four days later, The New York Times has not run a single story about the latter killing. Meanwhile, the Times has published at least 40 stories about Thompson, his suspected killer Luigi Mangione, and related matters such as the reactions to the killing and corporate security. That’s an average of about seven stories per day.
Seventeen-year-old Yeremi Colino was on Joh Street at about 7:40 p.m. on Thursday, a little more than four miles from where Thompson was gunned down. Police say Colino and an 18-year-old were approached by three men in their 20s who asked the teenagers if they spoke English, after which the men attacked them before fleeing west toward Broadway.
Both teens were taken to Bellevue Hospital, where Colino was pronounced dead. The other victim, who said he believes he was stabbed with a screwdriver, is in stable condition. Police recovered a knife at the scene.
The suspects remain at large. Again, the men who stabbed a teenager to death are still on the loose.
A search of Colino’s name in the Times search database late Monday night yielded zero results, as did searches for articles about the incident that may not contain his name, such as “‘migrant,’ ‘killed,’ ‘John Street,'” etc.
The Times did not respond to a request for comment.
While Thompson’s death might be expected to yield sensationalistic headlines given its nature, that his murder has garnered dozens of articles while Colino’s death – which may very well be a hate crime – has not received a single mention defies belief. Indeed, it has not even appeared in a news brief alongside other stories.
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