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“In discussing the coverage of Gabby Petito’s disappearance on a recent episode, Bryan and David discuss the parallel story of “missing white woman syndrome”. Fair point to make. But instead of considering the two existing stories in parallel, they said there was much too reporting on Gabby’s death as opposed to just too little of the other. Some of the points made were cold, insensitive and in some cases outright bizarre. Consider:
1) David referred to the reporting of Gabby’s disappearance and death as “insignificant”. Hmm. I wonder if her parents would agree with that.
2) David said that there were “hundreds, thousands and maybe millions” of people who disappear and whose story is not reported. Millions? Really? If millions of people were disappearing every year with no explanation, I think someone would have covered that.
3) David also said that there were over 700 indigenous people reported missing in the same state where Gabby disappeared, suggesting if not outright saying there was a racial tint to the coverage. My question would be this - regardless of race, how many of those 700+ people were aspiring social media influencers who was last reported to be seen by her fiancé who suddenly appeared without her? I’m not saying race wasn’t an element in the Gabby coverage but to blindly ignore all the other reasons the story got interest (other than true crime podcast coverage) is simply ignorant.
One last question - would David feel comfortable making all of his points directly to Gabby’s parents? If the answer is yes, he has no heart. If the answer is no, then he shouldn’t have said then the way he did. Does Bryan feel the same? He didn’t raise any objections or corrections.
Unfortunately, Apple doesn’t allow no star ratings.”
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09/29/21
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