With the recent upswing regarding missing White girls and the resulting syndromes, there is no shortage of media coverage (esp here in KC). As I’ve noted previously, coverage of Paris’s stupidity continues to be all over the place, often usurping ACTUAL news. I came across this one today, and I thought it was especially relevant given the current news.

There is a growing uproar in Miami with regards to another missing woman, Stepha Henry, but unfortunately for her and the people who care about her: a) she’s Black b) Paris is still more important. She is a 22 year old college grad who went missing May 29th. Apparently MSNBC had numerous guests (including police spokespeople) prepped and coming in to discuss the matter and get the word out, when they decided to cut the coverage for more on Paris.

“As I waiting to be interviewed, I was listening to the Paris Hilton coverage to include discussion to the effect if anybody had seen or knew the whereabouts of her Chihuahua.

“Then they tell me they have to cut the piece, cut my interview because they’re doing constant coverage of Paris Hilton. I’m appalled that a missing woman cannot get even 60 seconds of air time because the priorities of MSNBC was to have footage of the front gates of Paris Hilton’s house.”

I don’t try not to blame the media, because they are simply responding to consumer demand. If they start talking about missing Black people, most will tune out. In that same reasoning, I seriously doubt they would have cut a piece on Kelsey Smith.

Paris > Missing White women >World News > Local News > missing Black women

This entry was posted on Wednesday, June 13th, 2007 at 1:26 pm and is filed under wtf, agreed. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.