Tony - This is an interesting viewpoint - ". If that means, using my example, referring to a suspect as "Italian looking", instead of saying "looked to be swarthy; curly hair; nose like, well, you know, a Roman nose"...by that time the suspect is two counties away. "
In the city where I live, the local TV news folks, when discussing crimes and their perpetrators, will always identify suspects as "whites" or as caucasians or occasionally hispanics if that is how witnesses describe them.
However, if the suspects are black, the news reporters NEVER MENTION this - instead, they post a picture or a sketch obviously depicting a black person - but make no verbal comment - just show the picture !
Just another example of political correctness on local TV !
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