Andskotans skrípaleikur

 

Er ekki komið nóg af þessum sirkusleik? Það er alveg hreint merkilegur andskoti hversu mikla umfjöllun þessi stelpuskjáta hefur fengið í fjölmiðlum, er þetta grófasta mál sem viðkemur "missing white girl syndrome" í fjölmiðlum seinni ára. En "missing white girl syndrome" er þekkt hugtak um það hvernig fjölmiðlar blása út aðeins þau mannránsmál þar sem hugguleg, eða sæt, hvít stelpa týnist. Hugsið aðeins um þetta, hafið þið einhvern tíman séð fréttir um týndann 33 ára gamlan karlmann frá Perú eða aldraðan eftirlaunaþega frá Suður-Kóreu? Það stórefast ég um.

 

Hér kemur smá texti um útblásin MWWS mál sem tekinn er af upplýsingavefnum Wikipedia:

 

Possible instances of MWWS

 

The following missing person cases involving white women have received media coverage consistent with Missing White Woman Syndrome:

Polly Klaas[7] (October 1, 1993) - found murdered; murderer convicted; prompted renewal of Three strikes law

JonBenét Ramsey[7] (December 25, 1996) - found murdered; cold case until August 2006 arrest of suspect. Suspect was later exonerated and murder is now considered a cold case again.

Chandra Levy[7] (May 1, 2001) - missing for several months; decomposed body found and foul play/murder is suspected; cold case

Elizabeth Smart[8] (June 5, 2002) - found alive; kidnapper found incompetent to stand trial

Laci Peterson[8] (December 23, 2002) - found murdered; murderer convicted; prompted Laci and Conner's law

Dru Sjodin[7] (November 22, 2003) - found murdered; murderer convicted; prompted Dru's law [9]

Audrey Seiler[7] (March 28, 2004) - alleged kidnapping in Madison, Wisconsin; Seiler admitted faking the kidnapping several days later

Brooke Wilberger[7] (May 24, 2004) - still missing, presumed dead; man arrested for murder

Lori Hacking[8] (July 19, 2004) - found murdered; murderer convicted; prompted Lori's law proposal

Jennifer Wilbanks[8] (April 26, 2005) - "The Runaway Bride." Went out for a jog and did not return; there was much media speculation that her fiancé had killed her. Found she had staged her own kidnapping when she was discovered alive several days later and admitted what she had done.

Natalee Holloway [8](May 30, 2005) - still missing and presumed dead, last known location in Aruba, active investigation. Has become especially controversial because of the great duration of media coverage.

Taylor Behl[10] (September 5, 2005) - 17-year-old Virginia Commonwealth University freshman disappeared and was later found dead; murderer convicted

 

Dæmi um ósanngirni í fjölmiðlum þegar kemur að umfjöllum um mannshvörf:

 

Examples of possible bias in missing person cases

Critics contend the following examples of missing people received disproportionately little coverage compared to MWWS cases:

Shelton Sanders (June 19, 2001) - 25-year-old male, black college student. According to MSNBC, "Sanders’ case received scant notice outside his small hometown of Rembert, S.C., even though he was a high-achieving student at the University of South Carolina who worked as a technician in the Department of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Science, and despite his father’s prominence as a county magistrate.  Meanwhile, the disappearance of a white, female USC student with a similar academic record, Dail Dinwiddie, has continued to receive national attention more than a dozen years after she vanished in 1992." Although no body has yet been found, police have gathered more evidence and have charged a suspect in his murder. [7] [11] [12]

Tamika Huston (May 27, 2004) - a 24-year-old black woman who went missing from her Spartanburg, South Carolina home. Described as "bright and beautiful,"[13] Huston's remains were found more than a year later in a nearby town, and her ex-boyfriend was convicted of her murder in 2006. Following her disappearance, Huston's relatives tried in vain to interest the national news media in her case; what little national coverage it received often focused on the relative lack of coverage Huston's story was receiving.[8]

100+ missing women in Vancouver, Edmonton, and environs. Critics charge that the authorities have been slow in investigating because many of the missing are Aboriginal women, drug users, or sex-trade workers. Media attention has grown recently due to the investigation and trial of Robert Pickton, charged with the murders of 27 women and believed to be responsible for more.

 Undarlegt hvarf blökkumannsins Shelton Sanders fékk litla sem enga athygli fjölmiðla. Enda voru þeir uppteknir við að fjalla um hvarf hvítu stúlkunnar Dain Dinwiddie á þeim tíma.

 Ómögulegt væri að fara nákvæmlega út í það hversu mörg mál út um allan heim eru hundsuð vegna litarhátts eða kyns þess aðilla sem týndur er. Mannshvörf í þriðja heims löndum eru svo algeng að fólk þar kyppir sér lítið við þegar börn hverfa sporlaust og eru seld í þrældóm daglega. En ef við tökum bara bandaríkin fyrir þá er tölfræðin þannig að nú eru yfir 100.000 manns á "missing person" lista þar á landi.

Á meðan fjallað hefur verið um mál Madeleine McCann, og foreldra þeirra sem líklegast myrtu hana sjálf, hafa milljónir manns týnst um allan heim og man ég ekki eftir einu einasta máli öðru en þessu úr fjölmiðlum.

 

 

 

Bjartsýnn á að Madeleine finnist fyrir jól

Athugasemdir

[Stefán Smári, 14.12.2007 kl. 20:23]

Þarna er ég sammála þér, merkileg lesning þetta.

[Steini Bjarna, 15.12.2007 kl. 01:44]

Gott að sjá þig aftur.  Þú kemur endurnærður.  Þurfum endilega að fara skipuleggja þennan fund í þínum húsum sem þú stakkst upp á um daginn fyrir þá sem vilja bjargast. Ég tek að mér að koma með óáfengt jólaöl, negulnagla og kanilsnúða ef einhver annar sér um uppáhellinginn.

Ranglæti í fjölmiðlum pirrar mig jafnmikið og þig.  Það er ekki heil brú í fréttamati oft á köflum.