BLOW IT OUT OF PROPORTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Do you have children? As a mother of 3 , when I hear stories like this , it makes me cry , I feel so deeply for the child and the parents.
This is not a media stunt , this is journalism, stating the facts, telling the story, and why?
Why are these stories told? Because they should be, in the interest of all the children and it is of great interest for the public. People are outraged , scared and saddened by hearing these things.
I think it serves many proposes in telling these stories in the media. It helps for those who may have seen this man, by his description, if you didnt read the paper or see it on tv, heck he could be your next door neighbor. Maybe someone saw something that will put the bastard away. It also helps to remind us as parents how this could happen to our kids, we should go beyond any means to protect them. I posted this just a few minutes ago under a similiar post of the little girl.
Sure the media is know to oversensationalize things, and can even hamper some investigations, but in this case , the child is gone,,,,,,,,,, justice needs to be done for her,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,her killer must be found. Hopefully with this description, maybe someone saw something.
I for one, will continue to listen to the news and hopefully it will keep me on my toes, to see what kind of sick world we are living in. I know this has been happening since the beginning of time, it just seems like alot of little girls are coming up missing here lately at an alarming rate.
Knowledge is power and I for one , think the facts, the truth, can protect you and your kids. Some people want to close their eyes and act like this is just more media looking for a story, yeah but that is their job. There are many reporters, just like the police and doctors, who are sickened by what they see, but they feel they owe it to the child and family to tell the story. I guess I am sticking up for the journalist, not neccesarily media in all, the ones who profit off of it, but the real hard core reporter, because I think you have to have your heart in it to be able to daily cover these stories over and over .. I wanted to be a journalist ,,, but that was in high school, I choose to give my life to being the best seller of worthless magazines no one read.
Edited by - LyinEyes on 17 July 2002 15:15:18