be a parent and a young child... usually 2 or 3. You can't help but
speculate as to what caused the mom or dad to run off with their toddler
- divorce, abuse, financial or legal problems, mental problems. While
I'm sure abductions by strangers are exceedingly rare (I remember
reading some statistics and analysis a while back, but won't pretend to
be an expert), they're definitely the most, um, dramatic, from a news
standpoint. I'd guess most news producers would keep away from
interfamilial abductions like the plague.
- Jim
John Stanley wrote:
>Sure -- can you imagine if they had a child abduction channel that showed
>kid after kid after kid ?......that would be the most depressing thing.
>
>Are most abductions related to custody? I wonder what percentage are? And
>what percentage are stranger forced abductions? It can't be that high.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jim Campbell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 11:06 AM
>To: CF-Community
>Subject: Re: Again, and again it happens
>
>
>No, you're right, it doesn't, but it just feels to me that focusing on
>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:
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>
>>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
>>
>>
>>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
>>
>>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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>>are
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>>>still too young. They are gonna hate me, but I am not giving some sicko
>>>
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>any
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>>>chance with my babies if I can help it. When my 9 year old daughter is
>>>
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>over
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>>>at a freinds house (that we drive her to), I am concerned the whole time.
>>>
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>I
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>>>cannot even imagine the absolute stark horror this girls parents are going
>>>through right now. How do they even function?
>>>
>>>I know innocent until proven guilty, but this guy is garbage.....
>>>
>>>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>
>>>
>>>Even if they find her alive(doubtful), he should still fry.....
>>>
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