Any death is tragic. But why of all the hundreds of murders occurring in the United States, is Gabby Petito’s case being highlighted?
Why?
14K worth of Haitians on the border maybe?
Or the tens of thousands walking across each month?
She refused the vax ?
My take as well. This kind of stuff normally does not even show up on my radar. I’m forced to ignore it, but I confess I get kind of irritated when freepers go into “guilty until proven innocent” mode. Then I start responding.
It’s kinda like football. I couldn’t care less about pro football. But I WAS fascinated by inflategate.
13 dead GI's in Kabul is a statistic.
Look, Squirrel...
Biden Murders 13 Soldiers and 10 innocent Afghans including seven children and crickets...
It’s called “missing white woman syndrome”.
Because it's a pretty young blonde and the circumstances are bizarre.
she hawt
Because the assumed perp is a middle-class white male, and the victim is a cute female.
You're complaining because this story is drowning out your shitposting fetish. Quelle dommage...
Chandra Levy’s disappearance was covered 24/7 by the media for months, until the morning of September 11, 2001. You didn’t hear another word about her after that first plane hit.
The 24/7 cable news thing is a scourge. It destroys minds. Best to avoid it to keep one’s sanity.
A missing "free spirit" petite white woman with an emotionally abusive boyfriend is like catnip to middle aged women. Middle aged women watch tv and because they are often the person in the household who does most of the shopping, they are themselves like catnip to TV networks looking to sell commercial airspace. Entire TV networks have changed their programming lineups to capitalize on this reality.
“Any death is tragic. But why of all the hundreds of murders occurring in the United States, is Gabby Petito’s case being highlighted?”
Instagram cutie. Gossip porn.
Because she was a pretty young blonde. No other reason. Haven't you noticed this long-standing pattern with murder cases the media decides to cover wall-to-wall?
Because the REGIME MEDIA needs to DEFLECT our attention AWAY from Haitians overrunning our border, Milley and Afghanistan, inflation, blah blah blah..
Two words. Pretty Blond.
Two more. Natalie Holloway.
Blond, thin, sort of pretty, lots of existing video of her and boyfriend.
White. Attractive. Interesting circumstances surrounding disappearance.
If this was a black female same age and all, I believe very few people would care.
Bad things happen. People (from nowhere) get highlighted and become the focus of the press. I get that. But what interested me about this was the reactions.
The police and FBI didn’t even surveil the guy. This is a dramatic change from years gone by. Why? Are they so afraid of misstepping now that they do NOTHING? I found that frightening. Yeah....we had folks here lawyering up with all of their “reasons” as to why nothing could be done (most of which wouldn’t have flown a few years ago...probable cause would have taken precedence), but again...Are we SO AFRAID to do ANYTHING that we now do NOTHING?
That is what I got out of this tragedy. The legal authorities did nothing and claimed they “couldn’t”. They could have watched him. Even if it didn’t pass muster, they could have arrested him for theft and demanded he show proof he had her permission (because they had that fight on video and her a missing person). All of this was what happened just a few years ago. Not happening today.
Strange times.
Short Answer: Telecom Technology
This is the first time a missing young woman has such an extensive social media presence, along with her boyfriend "person of interest" via their published travel life together and their extensive internet footprint. We can view a vast array of photos and video of their recent experiences. We can see where they go, what they sound like, what they eat, what they wear.
Second, we had another deep dive into the couple's behavior and mannerisms via another recent 21st century technology--police bodycams--when the couple spent an hour after being pulled over by the cops in Utah. This time, the two weren't quite as rehearsed as their edited social videos. We get to make our own assessments, rather than having some media talking head spoon feed us their interpretation.
Third, Gabby's body was located with the help of online video by another full time blogger who spotted the van deep in Grand Teton National Park.
In summary, this is a telecommunication and social media phenomenon, moving at relative lightning speed. Compare it to watching a captivating who-dunnit mini series with chargacter development. We watched first-hand as the story unfolded, rather than snippets that the media decided was worthy of our attention.