Daily Shaarli
February 3, 2020
Singling Out Crime 'Suspects' As Homeless Is A Media Double Standard That Unjustly Penalizes The Poor - The Appeal
"Leading with housing status for homeless people is a common trope in the news reporting business and one in urgent need of re-examining. In many cases, it is used as a rhetorical device to depict people experiencing homelessness as a threat to public safety, a common right-wing canard used to justify virulently anti-homeless policies and harsh policing of people perceived to be poor."
(If this sounds like an episode of Citations Needed, it is written by Adam Johnson)