Question of the Weekend…
Special weekday version (I just know someone is going to pound me with “You haven’t had a weekend version in forever.”).
Is the media giving out too much graphic/explicit details in how they report the case of the mystery little girl, apparently from Nevada, seen being molested on a video tape? If so, why? If not, why not?
Did you snatch this from the MSNBC MSN board, Mr. Spud?! :p
Comment by Anonymous — September 28, 2007 @ 3:55 pm
Well, when you weigh this story against *men of GOD* doing the same damn thing… It makes one wonder why this gets the coverage. Oh right, its the “video factor” like always. With that in mind, if reporting the dirty details helps save this little girls life, or future/current victims from suffering.. I’d say it was well worth it.
Comment by Terance — September 28, 2007 @ 4:38 pm
First, the details are those provided by Nye county along with a request to broadcast/print them. If that helps this girl it certainly isn’t to much.
Second, none of the cable channels I’ve seen seem to be overdoing it. Rather the reverse seems true. I’ve some friends in Pahrump so maybe I’m a little more interested than most, but I can’t find anything more than almost ‘headline’ coverage of this story.
Comment by Grandpa D — September 28, 2007 @ 5:14 pm
How about a “Question of the Moment” or something? Then you wouldn’t need to explain yourself every time.
Comment by Mathieu Plante — September 28, 2007 @ 9:02 pm
Honestly, the story is nothing less than a basic “what in the hell is happening to the world” kind of story all the network’s love and gain some ratings from. Watching Anderson this evening, they are screaming it on the lower third that a news conference is coming up, while also shooting up a blind image of the child the altercation took place with and the man accused of doing the crime.
Overall, as sickening and disturbing as this sounds, is the coverage of these kind of stories filling the “needs” of pedophiles out there, not to mention some weird desire for stories worse than our own lives of common people? I don’t know, but either way, I am sick and tired of crime stories and mentioning one oddball story doesn’t really help the nation at large, just causing more fear and overall just a garbage shoot for ratings.
Comment by Chris (clind) — September 28, 2007 @ 10:45 pm
The reason that we are no longer shocked by violence in our society is that we have become desensitized to it. When we become desensitized to issues, the less egregious they seem (i.e. Iraq car bombs). How soon will it be when we become desensitized to pediphilia because of the weekly Dateline reports, and all of the gorry details of sick newstories such as this one, or the Catholic Church scandal. We should use the media to find these sickos, but we could do it without plastering all of the details of the case… only the authorities need to know that to prosecute. The public only needs to know who’s been abducted, and who the perpetrator of the abduction is, period. Anything more is strictly for a ratings boost, which is reprehensible.
Comment by Anonymous — September 29, 2007 @ 5:10 pm
The public does not need all of the graphic details. All we need to see in the media is a picture of who was abducted and who the alleged perpetrator of the abduction is, period. All of the graphic details of what transpired needs to be left to the prosecutors. To include them in the news story is strictly for ratings. People fail to realize that the more they are exposed to something the more desensitized they become, i.e. who is shocked by violence anymore? the more desensitized we become, the less egregious the crime seems, and the more likely that more and more people we begin to do it. (if you don’t belief this, just look at how violent our society has become…)
Comment by Anonymous — September 29, 2007 @ 5:14 pm