They say it's not a cover-up... but I beg to differ.

Lester · Post by **Lester** » Thu May 24, 2007 5:03 pm

http://www.snopes.com/politics/crime/newsom.asp

fearpeddler · Post by **fearpeddler** » Thu May 24, 2007 7:06 pm

way to throw gas on the raging fire burning inside me already lester..... hehe

Big Media · Post by **Big Media** » Thu May 24, 2007 9:16 pm

Dude... A little disclaimer, please.

This is a very sad story. The horror those kids went through is hardly imaginable.

However, I did hear a story about this on the Cincy NBC affil.

amayo · Post by **amayo** » Fri May 25, 2007 3:38 pm

Being in Louisville, we gave the story heavy play, on our statewide Network, and on Tennessee Radio Network as well. Very grisly stuff.

AmpedNow · Post by **AmpedNow** » Sat May 26, 2007 2:55 am

Maybe the gruesome nature of this crime is the very reason why it's not getting national press coverage...

The details are incredibly disturbing to anybody with a shred of decency. The networks would definitely be accused of sensationalism if they ran wall-to-wall with this one... I know I couldn't deal with it personally.

Hoosier Daddy · Post by **Hoosier Daddy** » Sat May 26, 2007 11:00 am

K-Rock wrote:The details are incredibly disturbing to anybody with a shred of decency. The networks would definitely be accused of sensationalism if they ran wall-to-wall with this one... I know I couldn't deal with it personally.

The media had no qualms about going wall to wall with the NYPD officers that sodomized a prisoner with a toilet plunger.

I'm with Lester. The media is predisposed to sensationalize certain situations and feed certain races, social classes, and occupational groups to the dogs. There is also an unwritten list of those groups and people who receive "protection".

Lester · Post by **Lester** » Sat May 26, 2007 11:22 am

What's funny down here, is... if there is any kind of news story that involves a Mexican, the name is withheld from the news story. Two or three WEB updates to their site, and the name might get added in... but only the really bad news stories get a second shot on the air for the name to get out.

Lester · Post by **Lester** » Sat May 26, 2007 11:27 am

As an aside, and in regards to the "gruesome factor", some crazed WHITE dude chopped off his 4 year old daughters head about 2-3 months ago. The news down here wouldn't leave it alone. I swear they said the word "decapitated" more times in a day than they said their own calls.

Dave Allen · Post by **Dave Allen** » Sat May 26, 2007 11:31 am

Lester, having just spent some time in your part of the world, is there anyone there who ISN'T Mexican?

Arp2 · Post by **Arp2** » Sat May 26, 2007 12:32 pm

Could it involve the fact that it's in Knoxville?

"Oh, man...the middle of Tennessee?? Who could we send there who wouldn't just gripe nonstop? What about a local reporter....anybody there we can use, or is it too small and just a bunch of uglies we wouldn't want to put on our network?"

I can imagine it, so I hafta ask......

Of course, little do they know that Knoxville is excellent and literally full of academics and nuclear scientists.....

Hoosier Daddy · Post by **Hoosier Daddy** » Sat May 26, 2007 12:39 pm

I figured they'd play up the Deliverance/Hillbilly image ...