And may I point out a gross contradiction in our culture; when a little girl goes missing, or if a woman is killed by her husband, or if a judge is slain, our news networks cover nothing but that story for weeks - towns shut down, candlelight vigils are had, and search parties are formed. This is for one person, one life. If Sudan would get the media coverage of say, Laci Peterson or JonBenet Ramsay it would have been over a long time ago.
If only Sudan could be implicated in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway. Greta van Susteren would be calling for airstrikes, and we would probably get them.
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Notice too, though, that it seems like the media provides the 24/7 coverage only if the missing girl is white, pretty, young and if not rich, at least well-off. I wonder how many other women that don't meet all those criteria go missing every year. I know of one: The daughter of one of the custodians at my partner's old job went missing, but CNN didn't rush to cover it. She was black and poor, and her body was found in some woods two weeks later. Her "boyfriend" admitted he killed her and apparently took the police to her body. Greta? Miss van S.? Could we get a quick mention here? No? Oh. Pity.
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