Why is Scot Petersen Trial News? I ask CNN....

[Chicago Democrat]

My letter to CNN>

Who is Scot Petersen? Why is this trial NEWS?!!! (1 person gets murdered every single day in Chicago, why aren't those murders news?)

Is it because Petersen had money? Then your priorities are twisted.

Is it because they are (or were) cute? Then your priorities are insane.

Oh its because she was pregnant? Then your priorities are just sick!

I got it! This fluff non-news is part of the "cover anything but the War in Iraq".

CNN- Crony News Network

[htuttle]

1. I ask this question every time one of those 'people' stories breaks

It has to do with the sordidity index.

The 'sordidity factor' of a story is the fame of the parties involved multiplied by the perversity of the incident. Therefore, we get stories about J.Lo going to the food store, and some guy we don't know killing his pregnant wife.

Bread and Circuses.

[cheezus]

2. cha-ching!

D - All of the above

This is Hard Copy bullshit "infotainment". But it gets better ratings than real news, so they run it.

[Dookus]

3. Disproportionate coverage

of sensational trials is nothing new in the world, and especially the US.

People seem to like them.

[jokerman93]

4. It's got everything

cute couple
sordid back-story
great distraction
double murder - unborn fetus recognized as person for the theocrats.

[chelsea0011]

5. Sex, murder, mayhem=better ratings

[xchrom]

6. you forgot, built in racism.

unless this was whitney and bobby -- you wouldn't see word one about them if they were black.

[jokerman93]

7. yep

Only celebrety darkies get ratings.

<dark cynicism off>

[homelandpunk]

8. Simple: There are pretty people involved.

If the pricipals in this story were trailer scum, yet with identical crime and circumstances, it would have been gone LONG ago.
It's the porno rule: You're not gonna watch ugly people fuck.