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Act I: Not a StoryTrigger: Feb 26—Trayvon Martin killed

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Mar 2—Miami Herald, in an arHcle later retracted for errors, is first to publish George Zimmerman, Trayvon’s killer’s name

Mar 5—Trayvon’s parents hire lawyer Benjamin Crump, who starts working pro bono to publicize Trayvon’s case to the press and civil rights acHvists

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Act II: Building PressureTrigger: Mar 7—First national press (Reuters)

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Mar 8—DC resident launches Change.org peHHon for Zimmerman’s arrest a_er seeing news

Mar 7—Reuters publishes first naHonal news story with quotes from Crump suggesHng racial profiling

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Act III: NaHonal ExposureTrigger: Mar 16—Police release 911 tapes

Mar 16—Police release tapes of Zimmerman’s 911 calls on night of killing

Mar 21—Million Hoodie March takes place in New York City

Mar 22—Rally organized by Rev. Al Sharpton, one of Crump’s contacts, draws thousands to demonstrate for Zimmerman’s arrest in Sanford, FL

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Act IV: PoliHcal Agenda WarsTrigger: Mar 23—Obama addresses the case

Mar 23—Obama says if he had a son he would look like Trayvon, calls case a ‘naHonal tragedy’ (Poli?co)

Mar 26—Trayvon’s family deliver 2 million Change.org peHHon signatures to local law enforcement

Mar 28—AcHvists launch campaign against ALEC, a supporter of ‘Stand your Ground’ laws, linking ALEC to Trayvon’s death

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The Right against blame-free portrayal of TrayvonAct IV: PoliHcal Agenda Wars

Act IV: PoliHcal Agenda WarsThe Right against blame-free portrayal of Trayvon

ConservaHve blogosphere frames Trayvon as a thug, pushes meme toward mainstream media: “Drug Dealer ... Marijuana ... School Suspension ... TaRoos ... Gold Teeth”

Liberal bloggers and Trayvon supporters cry foul

Mar 26—The Daily Mail—Trayvon suspended THREE Hmes for ‘drugs, truancy, graffiH and carrying burglary tool...’

Mar 27—New York Daily News

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Mar 27—Drudge Report further amplifies the marijuana frame, linking to the The Daily Mail story and publishing the photo of Trayvon with gold teeth from Wagist.com arHcle

Act IV: PoliHcal Agenda WarsCampaign against ALEC and ‘Stand your Ground’ laws

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Act IV: PoliHcal Agenda WarsCampaign against ALEC and ‘Stand your Ground’ laws

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Mar 23—Huffington Post contributors start wriHng ALEC+Trayvon stories ciHng the Center for Media and Democracy’s research

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Act V: Tabloid Court CaseTrigger: Apr 11—Zimmerman charged and arrested

Apr 11—Zimmerman charged with 2nd-‐degree murder (NY Post)

Apr 20—Drudge Report links to story of a young, black Chicagoan claiming to beat up a white man out of anger over Trayvon case

Apr 23—The Tallahassee Democrat runs a flaRering piece on Crump, detailing his publicity efforts, which he republishes on his site

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issues in the internet sphere

broadcast media is sHll vastly powerful...and vulnerable to manipulaHon

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Media Cloud teamBerkman Center at Harvard:

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