About that Monolithic Media in Lockstep with the White House

Not so much. Why did Obama have to scramble to give his “Trayvon = Me” speech? Because the Latino press was having none of it:

The White House’s original plan — for Mr. Obama to address the verdict in brief interviews on Tuesday with four Spanish-language television networks — was foiled when none of them asked about it.

Instead, he appeared in the White House briefing room with no advance warning and little of the orchestration that usually accompanies presidential speeches.

Bwahahaha. The indignant New York Times made sure to leave that accusatory graf on the front page of Saturday’s paper. Ungrateful Latinos! Don’t you realize you’re Trayvon too? What’s with all these questions about jobs?

Incidentally, this precise sociopolitical fissure showed up in my family Facebook timeline, where those of my Central Valley relatives who identify as black were vocal and angry about Trayvon’s death, while the vast majority of the family, who identify as Latino, were very very silent about the matter.