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At 09:44 PM 2/5/2008, PJ Manney wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">On Feb 5, 2008 7:11 PM, J.
Andrew Rogers <andrew@ceruleansystems.com> wrote:<br>
> Your analysis of this is backward. The news reports the
extreme and<br>
> unexpected, not the mundane reality. That is the nature of
news<br>
> reporting. Everyone knows hispanics and blacks are victims of
homicide<br>
> every day in Los Angeles -- that is the mundane reality. The
whole<br>
> "good-looking, young, blond, white chick" fixation of the
news is<br>
> precisely because it is relatively unusual, as supported by the
very<br>
> statistics you posted.<br><br>
snip<br><br>
> Of course, some of it is selective reporting. They never seem
to<br>
> develop an obsessive fixation on the ugly white girls.<br><br>
This is my point, exactly, but you misunderstand how news works on
the<br>
psyche. It is not reality. It is spectacle. But it is
also a fear<br>
mongering tactic to garner ratings. When do ratings spike?
When<br>
people are afraid and watch the news to see if they will be all
right.<br>
If they can make you believe that pretty white blonde girls
get<br>
killed willy nilly, then you (assuming you are white yourselves)
will<br>
look under your bed at night, afraid of the bogeyman. That creates
a<br>
feedback loop of viewership. "Any more news about that pretty
white<br>
girl? Did they catch the guy? Am I or my family
next?"</blockquote><br>
This is evident with the death of <font size=2>Natalee Ann
Holloway</font> on Aruba.<br><br>
<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Also, no advertiser wants to pay
for news about poor black or brown<br>
people. They don't buy the advertisers' products. Advertisers
want<br>
news (and if it bleeds, it leads) about white, potentially
prosperous<br>
people, who watch the news for stories about themselves. And<br>
advertisers run the networks and the press. Not the other way
around.</blockquote><br>
True, but from another perspective, I see the opposite. My father
was an advertising executive in Manhattan. As a child to adult, I
experienced the insides of the advertising business. What I see
today is that many advertisers are focusing on gangster rap, South
Central vernacular, and Hispanic style. Advertisers are paying
attention to who is buying the most high-selling products: food,
Trucks, mags, and cheap Jewry and cloths. As these communities grow
in influence and population, the advertisers are right there
watching.<br><br>
Natasha<br>
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