Comments on: No news is news

By: Menlo Bob

Menlo Bob — Sat, 13 Aug 2005 04:30:12 +0000

CNN is awaiting the Karl Rove angle before buying Aruban real estate for Aaron Brown.

By: Tish G

Tish G — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 14:29:02 +0000

Great Van Sustern (sp?) was doing her own mea culpa about the over-coverage of the Natalee Holloway disappearance. (forget what show though)….they’re all feeling the heat since their insincerity and love of the blond princess has been pointed out.

yeah, a good juicy runaway bride who happens to be a spoiled, upper-crusty little twit…

MSM’s using playing the race card again though when the real issue is social class. There was another young woman, 26, who disappeared in Aruba a couple of years ago. She wasn’t blond, wasn’t upper crusty, and her story still languishes. She got 10 minutes as an adjunct to the Holloway story. There were no big searches for her, and her family didn’t have the money to drop everything and move to Aruba. There was no Greta or anyone else. Her story was devalued because she didn’t have the “potential” of a well-heeled little girl…

When will people wake up and see the larger issue in reporting is social class and status as much as it is the color of the missing persons’ skin.

oh, I’m sorry–we live in a *classless* society! sure…

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 14:25:22 +0000

That’s nothing compared to O’Reilly doing a whole segment on (including a “media consultant” as guest) about what the Hollaway family can do to keep the story in the news.

By: AlexR

AlexR — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 13:10:10 +0000

“…Iâ€™ve never seen in my 30-year career, a crime story covered this way, ever.” Where has O’Reilly been? This kind of sensationalist binging is standard fare for the major media channels, especially television. Offhand I can think of plenty of crime stories that got the 24-7 treatment: Chandra Levy, the Atlanta courthouse shooter, Jon Bennet, the DC snipers, OJ Simpson, Laci Peterson. Not to mention Michael Jackson.

Interestingly, another “genre” of crimes seems to drop off the radar much more quickly: multiple shootings in schools and workplaces (with the exception of Columbine).

By: richard

richard — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 05:14:03 +0000

Hmmm… “Oâ€™REILLY: Iâ€™ve never seen in my 30-year career, a crime story covered this way, ever. Itâ€™s a mystery. Itâ€™s a soap opera. Itâ€™s a reality show and each night, people come in for the latest.”

Bill’s surprised by REALITY being shown on the NEWS?

Sadly, now that I think of it; I’m a bit surprised too.