Dont call me Shirley
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PRINCESS KIDAGAKASH said:Ok,you can write your hate mail now!
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I don't mean to dimmish that woman's disappearance in slightest; it is tragic and the source of unimaginable anguish for her family. It does show, however, US newsmedia (the cable news outlets, in particular) facination with "missing white women".
Be it Natalie Holloway, Lacee Peterson, the "runaway bride", or several others, they are examples of what should be local news story in Birmingham, Modesto, or wherever that runaway bride hails from, making the the national news. And a leading national story, at that; not just on after the third commericial break or below the fold. It is terrible that people "disappear" or are murdered. But when was the last time Fox News, CNN, or USA today did wall to wall coverage of a missing black woman? Or a white man?
Top stories should be those that truly have national or international impact.
I am glad that US Airways is able to help the family. But IMHO, this terrible event should not have gotten the newspaper inches or airtime that it has
Perhaps this thread should be moved to the "Just Coversation" forum.