Gets it's fair share of overexposure though in the news media
If anything, it doesn't get enough. You need to know about and be confronted with injustice if you're going to do something about it. That's why the media is critically important in bringing us these stories and putting emphasis on them. Or to better phrase it, which story of an innocent black person being shot, beaten, or maimed or other act of police brutality or abuse of power against people of color wouldn't you have covered? It's getting more attention in the media lately not because racial injustice is a new phenomena in this country, but because people, black people, are getting tired of it and they are voicing their discontent with a system that they know doesn't give them a fair shake. Whenever you have an entire demographic rising up to voice their grief and anger, you must listen, or ignore them at your own peril.
If the 9 people shot in Charleston don't get justice, somehow, God help this country.
Regarding liberal media bias, communication research shows that it's about even, but the constant assertion there certainly is a liberal bias is perpetuating the idea. Which has been a useful tactic for conservatives when you think about it.
Under "explaining perceptions of media bias"
http://www.journalism.wisc.edu/~dshah/CR1999a.pdf
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