Neema Singh Guliani: Fair evasion is technically decriminalized in DC, but it's heavily criminalized in other areas of the Metro. She says studies showed 86 to 92% of people who were ticketed were black or brown. "The government should be paying people to ride the subway now through Iran," she said.
In this public News Brief, "DC Media's 'Fare Evasion' Meltdown," we discuss local TV news, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal's breathless coverage of so-called "fare evasion" and how our media decides which theft to care about and which to ignore.