One study indicates that the network news programs devoted 50 times more coverage to the gorilla at the Cincinnati zoo than this past weekend's carnage in Chicago, where 69 people were shot. The Factor spoke about the violence with Chicagoans Matt McGill and Hermene Hartman. "The easy answer is that there are too many guns on the street," McGill declared, "and I don't know that any police department can handle it. What we have to do as a community is first police our households." Hartman implied that Chicago's segregation and racism play a major role. "We can't keep playing the blame game, we have to come to the table with solutions. And the racism here is different than it is in New York, this is happening in certain communities. I say we should bring in the National Guard." The Factor reminded his guests, "Police in New York and Los Angeles were able to reduce the violence, but Chicago has not."
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