Fox News graphic: police killing and beating black people is good for the stock market

This was on Fox News, as reported by a number of reporters and viewers: a chart showing upticks in the S&P 500 stock index after killings of black people and the acquittal of the police offers filmed beating Rodney King. The defense is that it's a fact. Facts can't be racist, can they? There's no element of choice in how facts are identified, put in context and presented, is there? Maybe Fox News is actually critiquing capitalism!

I have revised the old joke from The Simpsons to bring it up to date.

2. Heres the video of the graphic as it aired on Fox News this evening. pic.twitter.com/Iww2DnzkkI

— Yashar Ali (@yashar) June 5, 2020

Someone pitched this.

Someone dug up these data.

Someone made this graphic.

Someone approved this. @SusanLiTV fronted it. pic.twitter.com/ltmbEMPDf5

— David Gura (@davidgura) June 6, 2020

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