by Chris Bodenner
A reader trots out a clichéd but tried-and-true point:
The media circus around the Casey Anthony trial just reached its climax yesterday with the reading of her "not guilty" verdict. I have for the most part avoided the trial altogether, but it is often hard to miss even when briefly browsing mainstream news outlets. I find it mostly offensive, not because so much attention is focused on the murder of an innocent child, but because of the lack of attention given to the hundreds of other children who either
go missing or are found murdered each year. It seems that only if the victim is a cute white child and/or their parents are famous, beautiful or rich will they be given more than a passing mention, if any at all, on a national news outlet. Where are the stories of on-going trials or searches for murdered or missing black, Hispanic, poor, orphaned, ugly, etc. children? Caylee Anthony, JonBenet Ramsey and Elizabeth Smart (through no fault of their own, of course) tend to garner thousands of hours of coverage, where as the disappearance of little Luis Alberto Amaya of Fresno, California is not even mentioned on the local news.
Choire calls the top image "The Only Casey Anthony Verdict Tweet You'd Want to See".
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