Monsters everywhere.
I presume then, now that Jacyee Lee Dugard has escaped from 18 years of captivity, along with the two children fathered by her alleged kidnapper, that the nation's finest media organisations will inform us that this was the sort of thing that could only happen in closed, post-authoritarian societies where questions go unasked, secrets remain secrets and tents, outbuildings and sheds are permanently closed, while others will suggest that the police should be arming themselves and start searching sheds across the nation, should any others like Dugard be hidden from view.
Or considering that most of those who indulged in such fantasies after the discovery of what Josef Fritzl had been subjecting his daughter to in Austria are rather fond of and think America to be vastly superior to both this country and Europe, maybe they'll just tone down the rhetoric slightly.
P.S. A rather meatier piece concerning today's Sun front page is over on The Sun - Tabloid Lies.
Or considering that most of those who indulged in such fantasies after the discovery of what Josef Fritzl had been subjecting his daughter to in Austria are rather fond of and think America to be vastly superior to both this country and Europe, maybe they'll just tone down the rhetoric slightly.
P.S. A rather meatier piece concerning today's Sun front page is over on The Sun - Tabloid Lies.
Labels: Austria, bullshit, crime, Jaycee Lee Dugard, Josef Fritzl, media anaylsis, media coverage, sensationalism, tabloid stupidity
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If we're going to play stereotype games, I have to say I'm surprised she was found in suburban SF rather than somewhere Red State-ier...
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Saturday, August 29, 2009 1:38:00 am
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