“On Monday, the Washington Post’s Metro section reported on two murders that had occurred the previous Saturday night in the District. The victims were about the same age—34 and 32. They were killed at around the same time—10:45 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. They were both shot to death.

The differences: One was white; the other was black. One was killed in a long-since-gentrified neighborhood in Northwest, the other in a long-depressed section of Southeast.

Guess which crime got more ink in the Post.

…At the Post, there’s a longstanding news formula for deciding why one murder story merits 18 times the coverage of another…” (Washington City Paper)