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thesixthwoman
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 Posted: 06/10/05 11:57 pm ::: Bad news from CNN... |
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"One of three young suspects detained in Aruba confesses to killing Alabama teenager, senior police official says."
as sad as this is, and it IS sad, when will the press start covering the genocide in Darfur?? how about showing us the coffins from Iraq? aw, crap, i don't want to get started.
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pilight
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jammerbirdi
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| Posted: 06/11/05 12:00 am ::: Re: Bad news from CNN... |
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| thesixthwoman wrote: |
"One of three young suspects detained in Aruba confesses to killing Alabama teenager, senior police official says."
as sad as this is, and it IS sad, when will the press start covering the genocide in Darfur?? how about showing us the coffins from Iraq? aw, crap, i don't want to get started. |
just reading this on the NYTimes website. did you see this piece in the washington post? sounds like you'd like it. it's called White Women We Love. basically same sentiment.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/09/AR2005060901729.html_________________ Every woman who has ever been presented with a career/sex quid pro quo in the entertainment industry should come forward and simply say, “Me, too.” - jammer The New York Times 10/10/17
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PUmatty
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| Posted: 06/11/05 12:00 am ::: |
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| Stories like this make me sick. It is very sad what happened to her, but if she wasn't a pretty white girl, this wouldn't make a ripple in the news. Yet the journalists talk about one missing girl 24/7 and not only ignore all of the real news, but ignore men, people of color and unattractive people who go missing everyday.
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thesixthwoman
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| Posted: 06/11/05 12:02 am ::: Re: Bad news from CNN... |
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I had NOT seen that piece - I'm checking it out now - but YES - you (and the post) are right on point. *sigh*
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PUmatty
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| Posted: 06/11/05 12:05 am ::: Re: Bad news from CNN... |
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I had NOT seen that piece - I'm checking it out now - but YES - you (and the post) are right on point. *sigh*[/quote]
I swear I hadn't read the NYT piece when I made my reply ...
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thesixthwoman
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| Posted: 06/11/05 12:16 am ::: |
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| PUmatty wrote: |
| Stories like this make me sick. It is very sad what happened to her, but if she wasn't a pretty white girl, this wouldn't make a ripple in the news. Yet the journalists talk about one missing girl 24/7 and not only ignore all of the real news, but ignore men, people of color and unattractive people who go missing everyday. |
Yup. And thankfully that story in the Wash post points that out. It makes me CRAZY. It's like when there's a violent crime in NYC and the victim is white v. when the victim is not. good-looking or not, rich or poor, it all breaks down to skin color in a really disturbing and depressing way.
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