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kpete

(71,996 posts) Fri Aug 28, 2015, 08:26 AM Aug 2015

Shocked?

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Shocked? (Original Post) kpete Aug 2015 OP

No.... daleanime Aug 2015 #1

I saw a thread in which the author was being excoriated for pointing that out. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2015 #2

Great cartoon Gothmog Aug 2015 #3

daleanime

(17,796 posts)

1. No....

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Fri Aug 28, 2015, 08:28 AM

Aug 2015

unfortunately.

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

(14,733 posts)

2. I saw a thread in which the author was being excoriated for pointing that out.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Fri Aug 28, 2015, 08:35 AM

Aug 2015

That there really was 'nothing special' about those two murders, they were just a few percent of the terrible normal total, and that the endless coverage was mainly because TV newspeople are prone to the same self-absorption as anyone else. Plus, of course, the victims were young, white, and photogenic.

Gothmog

(145,291 posts)

3. Great cartoon

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Fri Aug 28, 2015, 08:37 AM

Aug 2015

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