one family's tragedy (Crying Mom! Fox Exclusive!) cheapens the horror
every other family is going through. She'll get a logo, and some theme
music, Shepherd Smith will speak with professionally telegenic child
abduction experts and furrow his brow in concern, Aaron Brown will
postulate endlessly on what it means for our society. She'll turn up
dead, or alive... it doesn't matter - it's a story, and it sells
commercial time.
- Jim
John Stanley wrote:
>You are correct about the number of kids that have been kidnapped every
>year, but this is what I saw when I went to CNN.com. That doesnt take
>anything from the tragedy of the situation though.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jim Campbell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 10:58 AM
>To: CF-Community
>Subject: Re: Again, and again it happens
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>Oh, look, another pretty blonde white girl's been kidnapped - good thing
>nobody kidnaps boys. It only happens "again and again" because the
>media jumps on fearmongering stories like this to get you to watch the
>5:00 updates. Thousands upon thousands of children are kidnapped every
>year in this country - CNN/Fox/etc. have their pick of the littler of
>easily digestible "Amber Alert" stories now to farm out to keep everyone
>looking over their shoulders.
>
>I look at all those kids - boy, girl, white, black, asian, latino - on
>the "Have You Seen Me" mailers I get almost every day and wonder why
>they're just not good enough for CNN to do a Breaking News story about.
>
>- Jim
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>John Stanley wrote:
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>>Man, I am gonna have to drive my kids everywhere. I already do, but they
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>>still too young. They are gonna hate me, but I am not giving some sicko any
>>chance with my babies if I can help it. When my 9 year old daughter is over
>>at a freinds house (that we drive her to), I am concerned the whole time. I
>>cannot even imagine the absolute stark horror this girls parents are going
>>through right now. How do they even function?
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>>I know innocent until proven guilty, but this guy is garbage.....
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>>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/South/02/05/missing.girl/index.html
>><http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/South/02/05/missing.girl/index.html>
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>>Even if they find her alive(doubtful), he should still fry.....
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