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MSNBC: Katrina Old News - Now More Missing White Women!

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MSNBC has started cutting back on their Katrina coverage... it is so two weeks ago! They've decided to start focusing instead on the real important news - another missing pretty blonde girl!

What is REAL news at MSNBC:

Missing blonde woman: Check out those perfect teeth, no flyaway hair, an easy to pronounce name... only possible negative is her eyes may, in fact, be brown. The anchors, which mostly look like her, can really relate!

Missing Katrina victims: Outside of the kid that looks like Ron Weasley from Harry Potter (note to production assistant - check with Time Warner for possible Harry Potter movie tie-in! - we could giveaway Harry Potter stuff to the homeless kids!), few of these folks are cute and pretty white people. Names often hard to pronounce and may not fit on screen... no pictures for many... hundreds missing. Just doesn't "connect" with MSNBC producers.

Verdict: Always go with the pretty blonde ladies!!! Let CNN handle those OTHER people....

After being shamed by the summer of excess, one would think MSNBC would have even the smallest bit of news judgment to forego the missing blonde girl stories during a catastrophe on the Gulf Coast with hundreds of kids displaced and missing thanks to the devastation. But no, MSNBC will go with the missing Virginia student instead. Amazing what passes for news judgment over there.
 
> MSNBC has started cutting back on their Katrina coverage...
> it is so two weeks ago! They've decided to start focusing
> instead on the real important news - another missing pretty
> blonde girl!
>
> What is REAL news at MSNBC:
>
> Missing blonde woman: Check out those perfect teeth, no
> flyaway hair, an easy to pronounce name... only possible
> negative is her eyes may, in fact, be brown. The anchors,
> which mostly look like her, can really relate!
>
> Missing Katrina victims: Outside of the kid that looks like
> Ron Weasley from Harry Potter (note to production assistant
> - check with Time Warner for possible Harry Potter movie
> tie-in! - we could giveaway Harry Potter stuff to the
> homeless kids!), few of these folks are cute and pretty
> white people. Names often hard to pronounce and may not fit
> on screen... no pictures for many... hundreds missing. Just
> doesn't "connect" with MSNBC producers.
>
> Verdict: Always go with the pretty blonde ladies!!! Let
> CNN handle those OTHER people....
>
> After being shamed by the summer of excess, one would think
> MSNBC would have even the smallest bit of news judgment to
> forego the missing blonde girl stories during a catastrophe
> on the Gulf Coast with hundreds of kids displaced and
> missing thanks to the devastation. But no, MSNBC will go
> with the missing Virginia student instead. Amazing what
> passes for news judgment over there.
>

I saw that the other night on TV! Yet another "missing blonde-haired girl report"!---I think it was on Fox, although I'm not certain of that. But I do remember shaking my head back-and-forth when I saw the girl's picture and thinking to myself: "Oh Jesus, here we go again!!"
 
News of Katrina no longer changes on an hour by hour basis. That being said, someone watching an hour of the news is going to be bored if all they hear is information they can acertain in a half hour. MSNBC decided to fill that with a story thats more breaking in nature. Whether its something you want to hear about, its still news.



> MSNBC has started cutting back on their Katrina coverage...
> it is so two weeks ago! They've decided to start focusing
> instead on the real important news - another missing pretty
> blonde girl!
 
> MSNBC has started cutting back on their Katrina coverage...
> it is so two weeks ago!

And you want to tell us how things have been changing with the Hurricane Katrina coverage that warrants wall-to-wall coverage -- over 3 weeks later??! Maybe wall-to-wall coverage of the water being drained? Yawn. My beef with all of this Katrina coverage is these networks are planted (pretty much) in NOLA when they are neighboring towns that no longer exist and you can count the structures that CAN remain on one hand.

> They've decided to start focusing
> instead on the real important news - another missing pretty
> blonde girl!

And if you were missing your daughter or son, you'd certainly appreciate this type of coverage. Another interesting spin on this would be: where are all of the tens of thousands of sex offenders that are missing from the hurricane-striken zone? (Do I hear a tie-in somehow??) While I believe the Natalee Holloway coverage was overblown (not to be disrespectful), there's nothing wrong with giving missing people news coverage.
 
> While I believe the Natalee Holloway coverage was overblown
> (not to be disrespectful), there's nothing wrong with giving
> missing people news coverage.
>


Hundreds of people are reported missing every day. Where do you draw the line in terms of news coverage? I believe the original poster's point is that MSNBC is choosing which people they report on based on a specific, superficial criteria.
 
The cable news channels have no shame. Despite all that has been said about the Holloway overkill, they are doing it again. Well, from some of the posts on this thread, some people think it is justified!!! Solution for those who understand how stupid and prejudiced the "missing white girl" coverage is: Turn off MSNBC, Faux News, and CNN....
 
> The cable news channels have no shame. Despite all that has
> been said about the Holloway overkill, they are doing it
> again. Well, from some of the posts on this thread, some
> people think it is justified!!! Solution for those who
> understand how stupid and prejudiced the "missing white
> girl" coverage is: Turn off MSNBC, Faux News, and CNN....
>

Who had "25 days" in the pool?
 
> MSNBC has started cutting back on their Katrina coverage...
> it is so two weeks ago! They've decided to start focusing
> instead on the real important news - another missing pretty
> blonde girl!

How did these local stories become big national news?
Oh yeah, pretty missing white girls attract viewers, because most viewers are stupid. <P ID="signature">______________
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> > While I believe the Natalee Holloway coverage was
> overblown
> > (not to be disrespectful), there's nothing wrong with
> giving
> > missing people news coverage.
> >
>
>
> Hundreds of people are reported missing every day. Where do
> you draw the line in terms of news coverage? I believe the
> original poster's point is that MSNBC is choosing which
> people they report on based on a specific, superficial
> criteria.
>
Exactly! You hit the nail squarely on the head! If you look back at all of the missing/dead women that the networks have devoted waaaaay too much coverage on in recent years, they all have certain things in common.........

Young.

Pretty (Sometimes very pretty).

White.


And like you said, if you stop and think about how many people go missing each and everyday in this country......You have to believe that many of those missing people are.....old as well as young, men as well as women, not-so-pretty people, poor people, black people, etc. etc.

So this preoccupation that the networks have with "young, pretty white women" does kind of make you wonder......it sure does makes me wonder!!
 
> Hundreds of people are reported missing every day. Where do
> you draw the line in terms of news coverage?

Good question. Since this is on the heels of Natalee Holloway, it's now considered "news."

> I believe the
> original poster's point is that MSNBC is choosing which
> people they report on based on a specific, superficial
> criteria.

It's not just MSNBC...it's also FOX News. Both are guilty parties. I've heard the same complaints when the national networks do the same thing with missing children and giving notice of an Amber Alert in that state. If you're on the West Coast, how is a missing child in the Carolinas affecting you??

The thing is, it draws in ratings. That's why FOX News will stick with a car chase on the I-5 throughout Los Angeles and call it a "Fox News Alert" or "Breaking News" (one of the most abused phrases on TV news today) because they see their ratings spike. The car chase probably doesn't affect 80% of L.A., let alone the rest of the country, but they stick with it. I will be the first to admit that I'm suckered in to it just to see what happens. Their thinking worked!

But now there's a new b*tch in town and her name is Rita! :)
 
> And if you were missing your daughter or son, you'd
> certainly appreciate this type of coverage.

There's two viewers. Sorry, the rest of the country can watch America's Most Wanted or, better yet, start a show that runs every day that shows pictures of the missing. We don't see that. Instead, we see a parade of pretty blond girls filling huge sections of the news hole. Entire shows for weeks on end have focused on nothing but one white girl missing in the Caribbean. I'm sure the Holloway family appreciated the attention, but it ultimately led to nothing, especially considering the fact she wasn't missing in this country. I'll bet if the family suddenly cashes in on a book or movie deal, they can thank the news channels for that too.

Let's see Greta "own the story" of the missing black kids across the southeast. Somehow, I doubt that's going to happen, and that is a story that affects far more people. Why is that I wonder.

> Another interesting spin on this would be: where are all of the
> tens of thousands of sex offenders that are missing from the
> hurricane-striken zone? (Do I hear a tie-in somehow??)

It's not interesting at all - it's already being done by exactly one news organization that actually sees some story in this. It's the network that also likes to keep the impression going that the evacuees are wasting their debit card money, that the real story of New Orleans was a handful of looters who might somehow cash in now, and the one network that loves showboating reporters who somehow always make themselves the story to go and solve the missing sex offender caper - that would be Fox News Channel of course. If "The Factor" doesn't solve it, maybe Geraldo dressed up in a special Fox Sex Offender Patrol uniform will.

> While I believe the Natalee Holloway coverage was overblown
> (not to be disrespectful), there's nothing wrong with giving
> missing people news coverage.

Sure, a picture and some text about it as they go to commercial break, not entire hours in the MSNBC or Fox Spec-U-Plex guessing about where she is, what she is doing, who she is thinking about, is she thinking of me.... It's like an old Kids in the Hall skit.

Further, it would be amazing to me to see even a sliver of the attention given to missing white blond girls to a missing black or Latino male or female. There are hundreds to choose from right this very second.
 
The Other Rita: Here's a Throat Lozenge!!!

> The thing is, it draws in ratings. That's why FOX News will
> stick with a car chase on the I-5 throughout Los Angeles and
> call it a "Fox News Alert" or "Breaking News" (one of the
> most abused phrases on TV news today) because they see their
> ratings spike. The car chase probably doesn't affect 80% of
> L.A., let alone the rest of the country, but they stick with
> it. I will be the first to admit that I'm suckered in to it
> just to see what happens. Their thinking worked!

If they ran the car chases for hour after hour, day after day, that would irritate me too. But they don't. Frankly, those California copter stories are the only use I have for Fox News. Nobody does sensationalism better.

> But now there's a new b*tch in town and her name is Rita!
> :)

I know you mean the hurricane, but it suddenly struck me talking about MSNBC there is another Rita around - the horror that is Rita Crosby.

That woman... how the hell did she ever get a show. I keep throwing Sucrets at the screen everytime she opens her mouth. I must clear my throat FOR HER at least a dozen times.
 
Re: The Other Rita: Here's a Throat Lozenge!!!

> > The thing is, it draws in ratings. That's why FOX News
> will
> > stick with a car chase on the I-5 throughout Los Angeles
> and
> > call it a "Fox News Alert" or "Breaking News" (one of the
> > most abused phrases on TV news today) because they see
> their
> > ratings spike. The car chase probably doesn't affect 80%
> of
> > L.A., let alone the rest of the country, but they stick
> with
> > it. I will be the first to admit that I'm suckered in to
> it
> > just to see what happens. Their thinking worked!
>
> If they ran the car chases for hour after hour, day after
> day, that would irritate me too. But they don't. Frankly,
> those California copter stories are the only use I have for
> Fox News. Nobody does sensationalism better.
>
> > But now there's a new b*tch in town and her name is Rita!
>
> > :)
>
> I know you mean the hurricane, but it suddenly struck me
> talking about MSNBC there is another Rita around - the
> horror that is Rita Crosby.
>
> That woman... how the hell did she ever get a show. I keep
> throwing Sucrets at the screen everytime she opens her
> mouth. I must clear my throat FOR HER at least a dozen
> times.
>
Your right about Rita Crosby. To me she sounds like she is/was a heavy smoker.
 
> > The cable news channels have no shame. Despite all that
> has
> > been said about the Holloway overkill, they are doing it
> > again. Well, from some of the posts on this thread, some
> > people think it is justified!!! Solution for those who
> > understand how stupid and prejudiced the "missing white
> > girl" coverage is: Turn off MSNBC, Faux News, and CNN....
>
> >
>
> Who had "25 days" in the pool?
>

Personally, I want to see unedited video of the meetings determining exactly which missing people to cover. . . "Over a thousand people missing after the hurricane? Are any of them young, female, white, and hot? Or even young, female, black, and impossibly hot? We'll take anything as long as we can bury Iraq and Cindy Sheehan deep under it. . . No, not that one, she's missing teeth, are you blind? And this one looks like a Winnemucca hooker, she's probably a grandmother. Put someone with a fetish for innocence on this and go try to out Kenny Chesney again or something, you have no taste in missing girls. . ."
 
Re: The Other Rita: Here's a Throat Lozenge!!!

> > > The thing is, it draws in ratings. That's why FOX News
> > will
> > > stick with a car chase on the I-5 throughout Los Angeles
>
> > and
> > > call it a "Fox News Alert" or "Breaking News" (one of
> the
> > > most abused phrases on TV news today) because they see
> > their
> > > ratings spike. The car chase probably doesn't affect
> 80%
> > of
> > > L.A., let alone the rest of the country, but they stick
> > with
> > > it. I will be the first to admit that I'm suckered in
> to
> > it
> > > just to see what happens. Their thinking worked!
> >
> > If they ran the car chases for hour after hour, day after
> > day, that would irritate me too. But they don't.
> Frankly,
> > those California copter stories are the only use I have
> for
> > Fox News. Nobody does sensationalism better.
> >
> > > But now there's a new b*tch in town and her name is
> Rita!
> >
> > > :)
> >
> > I know you mean the hurricane, but it suddenly struck me
> > talking about MSNBC there is another Rita around - the
> > horror that is Rita Crosby.
> >
> > That woman... how the hell did she ever get a show. I
> keep
> > throwing Sucrets at the screen everytime she opens her
> > mouth. I must clear my throat FOR HER at least a dozen
> > times.
> >
> Your right about Rita Crosby. To me she sounds like she
> is/was a heavy smoker.
>

How about that Fox babe Laurie Dhue?? Have you ever seen the lips on her?!
I love those lips of hers!---The wicked thoughts I get each and every time I see those lips of hers.........
 
>
> Let's see Greta "own the story" of the missing black kids
> across the southeast. Somehow, I doubt that's going to
> happen, and that is a story that affects far more people.
> Why is that I wonder.

Because they're just the offspring of 'looters'--and besides, they aren't as important a demographic as surburban teenagers :)
>
> > Another interesting spin on this would be: where are all
> of the
> > tens of thousands of sex offenders that are missing from
> the
> > hurricane-striken zone? (Do I hear a tie-in somehow??)
>
> It's not interesting at all - it's already being done by
> exactly one news organization that actually sees some story
> in this. It's the network that also likes to keep the
> impression going that the evacuees are wasting their debit
> card money, that the real story of New Orleans was a handful
> of looters who might somehow cash in now, and the one
> network that loves showboating reporters who somehow always
> make themselves the story to go and solve the missing sex
> offender caper - that would be Fox News Channel of course.
> If "The Factor" doesn't solve it, maybe Geraldo dressed up
> in a special Fox Sex Offender Patrol uniform will.

"The Fox Pervert Patrol...sex offender reporting with the fair and balanced Fox attitude." Please, for the love of Pete, stop giving them any ideas!

> Sure, a picture and some text about it as they go to
> commercial break, not entire hours in the MSNBC or Fox
> Spec-U-Plex guessing about where she is, what she is doing,
> who she is thinking about, is she thinking of me.... It's
> like an old Kids in the Hall skit.
>
> Further, it would be amazing to me to see even a sliver of
> the attention given to missing white blond girls to a
> missing black or Latino male or female. There are hundreds
> to choose from right this very second.

But they can't help networks win the 18-49 crowd--and let's face it, they've got a business to run and can't be bothered with lingering realities like that. Isn't that what we waste our tax dollars on PBS for?
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"Not fixing [New Orleans'] levees before Katrina struck will now cost us untold billions. Not resolving the nation's issues of race and class has and will cost us so much more."
--Wynton Marsalis
</P>
 
Re: The Other Rita: Here's a Throat Lozenge!!!

> > The thing is, it draws in ratings. That's why FOX News
> will
> > stick with a car chase on the I-5 throughout Los Angeles
> and
> > call it a "Fox News Alert" or "Breaking News" (one of the
> > most abused phrases on TV news today) because they see
> their
> > ratings spike. The car chase probably doesn't affect 80%
> of
> > L.A., let alone the rest of the country, but they stick
> with
> > it. I will be the first to admit that I'm suckered in to
> it
> > just to see what happens. Their thinking worked!
>
> If they ran the car chases for hour after hour, day after
> day, that would irritate me too. But they don't. Frankly,
> those California copter stories are the only use I have for
> Fox News. Nobody does sensationalism better.
>
> > But now there's a new b*tch in town and her name is Rita!
>
> > :)
>
> I know you mean the hurricane, but it suddenly struck me
> talking about MSNBC there is another Rita around - the
> horror that is Rita Crosby.
>
> That woman... how the hell did she ever get a show. I keep
> throwing Sucrets at the screen everytime she opens her
> mouth. I must clear my throat FOR HER at least a dozen
> times.
>

I can't stand watching (or listening) to her. That voice. Ugh!
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</P>
 
> MSNBC has started cutting back on their Katrina coverage...
> it is so two weeks ago! They've decided to start focusing
> instead on the real important news - another missing pretty
> blonde girl!

Well, Katrina is going to be a story for months and months and actually years. What should they do? Keep doing wall to wall coverage until the last building is fixed and everything is COMPLETELY back to normal? Normalcy will not be a word in the same statement with New Orleans for the next couple years.

>
> What is REAL news at MSNBC:
>
> Missing blonde woman: Check out those perfect teeth, no
> flyaway hair, an easy to pronounce name... only possible
> negative is her eyes may, in fact, be brown. The anchors,
> which mostly look like her, can really relate!
>
> Missing Katrina victims: Outside of the kid that looks like
> Ron Weasley from Harry Potter (note to production assistant
> - check with Time Warner for possible Harry Potter movie
> tie-in! - we could giveaway Harry Potter stuff to the
> homeless kids!), few of these folks are cute and pretty
> white people. Names often hard to pronounce and may not fit
> on screen... no pictures for many... hundreds missing. Just
> doesn't "connect" with MSNBC producers.
>
> Verdict: Always go with the pretty blonde ladies!!! Let
> CNN handle those OTHER people....
>
> After being shamed by the summer of excess, one would think
> MSNBC would have even the smallest bit of news judgment to
> forego the missing blonde girl stories during a catastrophe
> on the Gulf Coast with hundreds of kids displaced and
> missing thanks to the devastation. But no, MSNBC will go
> with the missing Virginia student instead. Amazing what
> passes for news judgment over there.
>
<P ID="signature">______________
The Place for the Latest Happenings in Radio
www.freewebs.com/radiostuffandnews
</P>
 
> > MSNBC has started cutting back on their Katrina
> coverage...
> > it is so two weeks ago! They've decided to start focusing
>
> > instead on the real important news - another missing
> pretty
> > blonde girl!
>
> How did these local stories become big national news?
> Oh yeah, pretty missing white girls attract viewers, because
> most viewers are stupid.
>
As Homer Simpson said, "Everyone is stupid but me." It's the easy way out to blame everyone else for not being so sophisticated in their tastes.

These stories resonate with people, thus, the news stations run them. It's quite simple to play with someone else's money and suggest they should only run a story YOU deem appropriate, but competition is a reality. Running yourself into the ground by ignoring market realities serves no meaningful purpose.
 
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