Kansas City Star Condemns Imaginary Missing White Woman Syndrome

About 25 years to late . . . The newspaper is focusing their coverage on a longstanding progressive complaint. 

First let's define terms . . .

Missing white woman syndrome is a term which is used by social scientists and media commentators in reference to the media coverage, especially on television, of missing-person cases involving young, attractive, white, upper middle class women or girls compared to the relative lack of attention towards missing women who were not white, of lower social classes, or of missing men or boys. Although the term was coined in the context of missing-person cases, it is sometimes used of coverage of other violent crimes. The phenomenon has been highlighted in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and other predominantly white countries.

 Here's the thing . . .

MWWS IS OLD NEWS!!!

It's a trend that dominated progressive networks like CNN up until very recently.

Also, it's a lame complaint from people who have only found success by complaining . . . 

Let's get even more real . . .

Nobody is going to look for missing Latino or Black dudes and so this blogger is screwed if we ever emerge from the basement . . . That's why we rarely leave and why we realize it's important not to take "the news" too personally. 

However, for the sake of edification, here's what's REALLY HAPPENING . . .

A hack donation blog earned a bit of TikTok traction and then was FACT CHECKED AND MYTH BUSTED by police no less than 4 times. 

For our part . . .

TKC thinks it's laughable to worry about Jack the Ripper & sex dungeons at a time when gun violence is killing so many locals. 

 Nevertheless . . . Because it's really not that hard to file a missing persons report . . .

We'll let the newspaper have their say as they cling to a story that's more social media rumor than public service . . .

Police said they did not know the 22-year-old victim found in Excelsior Springs was missing because they didn’t have a missing person report on file for her.

The process of reporting a person missing can be complicated, and seeing action from a report is not necessarily a straightforward process, leaving a lot of room for law enforcement’s discretion.

Here’s how to file a missing persons report, what is supposed to happen after and who you can call if you are worried about a loved one.


Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Black women are missing in Kansas City. Filing a report is not a simple solution

When Claire Donawa learned about Gabby Petito, she said she immediately noticed how much media attention and resources went into searching for the white 22-year-old travel blogger, who went missing in August 2021. Petito was touring the country in a van alongside her fiance until her disappearance launched a nationwide search, and "Gabby Petito" soon became a household name.

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