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In reply to the discussion: We see regular, often harsh criticism of the media for their decisions on what and who to cover [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)this poor dead white girl was white. But I didn't read the responses. I'm not exactly blind to the racial inequality aspects, and I'm very critical of news media. But I see this girls's death first and last through the lens of her and her own tragic death, while the unfairness of saturation coverage was completely evident, no new insights to gain about that. Also because I'm repelled by using serious issues, like racial injustice, as vehicles to express personal resentments that often have little to do with injustice to others.
I've read this OP, Starfish Saver, but I'm not going to read the responses to it either. You're discussing this media event through a racial injustice lens and are responding to what you see as defenses of media coverage. Since I skipped all that, I don't know if I agree with your accusations in this post, or how much. But I was thinking just the other day that discussion of racial injustice had dried up for a while. So there has been a vacuum of discussion about racial issues, and who better to fill it?