I see the point this article is trying to make, but I think it overlooks the obvious connection between these women -- their stories are sensational. A missing pregnant woman and a runaway bride? C'mon, that sounds like it came from a movie. There are plenty of other white women who go missing whose stories don't get that kind of attention because they are fairly conventional and unsensational for media purposes. I think the primary goal of any media is to sell stories, and the weird, unusual and sensational tends to sell better than the ordinary, typical and mundane. The media execs are first and foremost concerned with making money, and not necessarily with the race of the victim.
illegally, I completely agree. The media is only concerned with ratings and selling advertising. The more sensational the story, the more attention it gets, the more money they make. Here in Texas minorities are always in the news. Stories of Missing children, black and hispanic are always making headlines here.
Quote from: Illegally Blonde on June 05, 2005, 11:23:50 PMI see the point this article is trying to make, but I think it overlooks the obvious connection between these women -- their stories are sensational. A missing pregnant woman and a runaway bride? C'mon, that sounds like it came from a movie. There are plenty of other white women who go missing whose stories don't get that kind of attention because they are fairly conventional and unsensational for media purposes. I think the primary goal of any media is to sell stories, and the weird, unusual and sensational tends to sell better than the ordinary, typical and mundane. The media execs are first and foremost concerned with making money, and not necessarily with the race of the victim.I disagree, though your statement that these crimes/incidents are sensational are true, that does not mitigate the fact that they follow these cases like it's the end of the world...ALL of the cases that they blow up are of WHITE women...People of color also fall victim to sensational crimes and very little media coverage is devoted to them...If those women Lacy Peterson and Runaway Bride or the Aruba chick were a person of color the hype machine would not have been in full force and you know it. Please take solace in knowing that if you Illegally Blonde were to go missing everyone would know it, because you are a white woman and a law student which would be enough for an all channel alert (not that you wouldn't deserve it and I hope you stay safe). I believe your view is tainted a bit, mine would be too if I were a white girl. I'd be just like you are right now, hoping that they keep a vigilant watch out to keep all us white girls safe.
Quote from: Made4law on June 05, 2005, 11:38:55 PMQuote from: Illegally Blonde on June 05, 2005, 11:23:50 PMI see the point this article is trying to make, but I think it overlooks the obvious connection between these women -- their stories are sensational. A missing pregnant woman and a runaway bride? C'mon, that sounds like it came from a movie. There are plenty of other white women who go missing whose stories don't get that kind of attention because they are fairly conventional and unsensational for media purposes. I think the primary goal of any media is to sell stories, and the weird, unusual and sensational tends to sell better than the ordinary, typical and mundane. The media execs are first and foremost concerned with making money, and not necessarily with the race of the victim.I disagree, though your statement that these crimes/incidents are sensational are true, that does not mitigate the fact that they follow these cases like it's the end of the world...ALL of the cases that they blow up are of WHITE women...People of color also fall victim to sensational crimes and very little media coverage is devoted to them...If those women Lacy Peterson and Runaway Bride or the Aruba chick were a person of color the hype machine would not have been in full force and you know it. Please take solace in knowing that if you Illegally Blonde were to go missing everyone would know it, because you are a white woman and a law student which would be enough for an all channel alert (not that you wouldn't deserve it and I hope you stay safe). I believe your view is tainted a bit, mine would be too if I were a white girl. I'd be just like you are right now, hoping that they keep a vigilant watch out to keep all us white girls safe.I'm really not in the mood to argue right now, so I won't initiate another infamous BLSD drama, but suffice it to say that I am tired to hear that my view is somehow tainted or that I simply don't understand because I am white. In essence, you're patting me on the head and saying, "Here, here, white girl. It's okay that you don't get it. You can't help that you're white and ignorant." I am aware of the racial tensions in this country and have fallen victim to them myself. Sure, I don't know first hand what it is like to be any other race or ethnicity but what I am, but that doesn't mean that I cannot understand and cannot care about the plight of others. Made4Law, I understand your concern for your people and will never condemn it, but not everything out there is a race issue. A lot more of these issues come down to money than to race, and I don't have to be Black to understand that.
I don't think this thread is stupid. There is definitely an imbalance going on, whether it is about money (which IMO is most likely) or race (also a factor) some cases are getting more media attention than others.I personally do not think there is such a thing as paying too much attention to a missing person, however. I just hope that any case of stranger abduction gets a good amount of attention.
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