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MSNBC host Joy Reid turned to race Monday while discussing the media's coverage of missing 22-year-old Gabby Petito, dismissing the focus on the case as "missing White woman syndrome."
During a segment on her show "The ReidOut," Reid said while Petito's family deserved "answers and justice," she felt the same media attention didn't apply to non-White people when they go missing. "It goes without saying that no family should ever have to endure that kind of pain. And the Petito family certainly deserves answers and justice," Reid said. "But the way this story has captivated the nation has many wondering, why not the same media attention when people of color go missing?"
Well, the answer actually has a name: Missing White woman syndrome. The term coined by the late and great Gwen Iffil to describe the media and public fascination with missing White women like Laci Peterson or Natalee Holloway, while ignoring cases involving missing people of color," she added, referencing two well-known cases of missing women.
MSNBC has extensively covered the case and its website Monday morning prominently featured an opinion piece on the missing woman.
Reid spent the remainder of the segment discussing multiple instances of missing Black and Native American individuals she claimed to have never heard about in the same way as the Petito case.
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She also cited statistics from the Black and Missing Foundation that suggested the disparity in media coverage between missing White women and non-White women was attributed to missing minorities often being classified as runaways, minority adults being labeled as associated with crime, and that minorities are dismissed because it's believed they live most of their lives with poverty and crime as a regular part of their lives.
Reid ended the segment by suggesting that missing women of color weren't noticed as much because they didn't look like the daughters or granddaughters of newsroom executives, alluding to one of her guest's earlier claims on the show that stories on missing non-White women weren't sensational enough for the White, middle-aged males leading newsrooms.
BS. So there is a major story about a missing white woman on FOX. The liberals and Joy Reid are unhappy. WELL! FOX is also reporting on the massive violence and rising murder rate in black neighborhoods and particularly among young black children every day. This story about the violence that is claiming the lives of children is almost totally ignored by Joy Reid and others in the left wing media, like say, Don Lemon. Why? Well because it's happening largely in black/brown neighborhoods run by black leaders in democrat run cities."Missing White Woman Syndrome."
Joy does have a point here. I mean both sides of the media does this, but FOX is notorious for this. It's been on front and center on their website for days now. I bet if you turn on Fox News now, they will be covering it. It's the "help the pretty blonde girl be found" news reporting. As Joy said, the media ignores people of color.
MSNBC's Joy Reid dismisses focus on Gabby Petito case as 'missing White woman syndrome'
MSNBC Joy Reid says national coverage of Gabby Petito's case is a symptom of "Missing White Woman Syndrome" and missing minority women don't receive the same coverage.www.foxnews.com
In the mind of Joy Ann Reid:
Hmmm, a young woman has gone missing. Her anguished family is suffering through the most severe emotional pain imaginable. How can I turn this to my advantage? ...
WE SURE cover the black shot be cops stories. Why don't we cover the white shot by cops? Get off the constant stirring the race issue. It's all the left has, race, hate, division. Try compromise to get something done. Try encouraging people of all races and genders to excel and be self sufficient instead of having to depend on the government to take care of then and for then in dependency on handouts."Missing White Woman Syndrome."
Joy does have a point here. I mean both sides of the media does this, but FOX is notorious for this. It's been on front and center on their website for days now. I bet if you turn on Fox News now, they will be covering it. It's the "help the pretty blonde girl be found" news reporting. As Joy said, the media ignores people of color.
MSNBC's Joy Reid dismisses focus on Gabby Petito case as 'missing White woman syndrome'
MSNBC Joy Reid says national coverage of Gabby Petito's case is a symptom of "Missing White Woman Syndrome" and missing minority women don't receive the same coverage.www.foxnews.com
Not BS. Open your eyes! (so cliche, i know) It's always the pretty white women on the front pages. Hell, my FB page has exploded with stories of Gabbie from my conservative "friends"BS. So there is a major story about a missing white woman on FOX. The liberals and Joy Reid are unhappy. WELL! FOX is also reporting on the massive violence and rising murder rate in black neighborhoods and particularly among young black children every day. This story about the violence that is claiming the lives of children is almost totally ignored by Joy Reid and others in the left wing media, like say, Don Lemon. Why? Well because it's happening largely in black/brown neighborhoods run by black leaders in democrat run cities.
When is the last time you save a congressman of the democrat party address this on a nation forum? I haven't and I don't see the left media covering it either.She isn't wrong.
710 Indigenous people, mostly girls, were reported missing over the past decade in Wyoming, the same state where Gabby Petito reportedly disappeared
Search efforts for Petito, whose disappearance has caused a national furor, have focused on Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.www.insider.com
get with the program. We are discussing missing white women.WE SURE cover the black shot be cops stories. Why don't we cover the white shot by cops? Get off the constant stirring the race issue. It's all the left has, race, hate, division. Try compromise to get something done. Try encouraging people of all races and genders to excel and be self sufficient instead of having to depend on the government to take care of then and for then in dependency on handouts.
Yeah... the media sucks. This whole story was amplified to sell commercials.When is the last time you save a congressman of the democrat party address this on a nation forum? I haven't and I don't see the left media covering it either.
"Missing White Woman Syndrome."
Joy does have a point here. I mean both sides of the media does this, but FOX is notorious for this. It's been on front and center on their website for days now. I bet if you turn on Fox News now, they will be covering it. It's the "help the pretty blonde girl be found" news reporting. As Joy said, the media ignores people of color.
MSNBC's Joy Reid dismisses focus on Gabby Petito case as 'missing White woman syndrome'
MSNBC Joy Reid says national coverage of Gabby Petito's case is a symptom of "Missing White Woman Syndrome" and missing minority women don't receive the same coverage.www.foxnews.com
another tangentI wonder how much media coverage there would be if a black man abducted and murdered his black girlfriend. Would Ms. Reid be talking about how awful it is or how the media tends to focus on black crime instead of important stuff such as climate or Trump?
No we are discussing bias in the media. That's what this story about Reid is reallly all about.get with the program. We are discussing missing white women.
"Missing White Woman Syndrome."
Joy does have a point here. I mean both sides of the media does this, but FOX is notorious for this. It's been on front and center on their website for days now. I bet if you turn on Fox News now, they will be covering it. It's the "help the pretty blonde girl be found" news reporting. As Joy said, the media ignores people of color.
MSNBC's Joy Reid dismisses focus on Gabby Petito case as 'missing White woman syndrome'
MSNBC Joy Reid says national coverage of Gabby Petito's case is a symptom of "Missing White Woman Syndrome" and missing minority women don't receive the same coverage.www.foxnews.com
You guys hate white people. We get it."Missing White Woman Syndrome."
Joy does have a point here. I mean both sides of the media does this, but FOX is notorious for this. It's been on front and center on their website for days now. I bet if you turn on Fox News now, they will be covering it. It's the "help the pretty blonde girl be found" news reporting. As Joy said, the media ignores people of color.
MSNBC's Joy Reid dismisses focus on Gabby Petito case as 'missing White woman syndrome'
MSNBC Joy Reid says national coverage of Gabby Petito's case is a symptom of "Missing White Woman Syndrome" and missing minority women don't receive the same coverage.www.foxnews.com
Tangent? Isn't that the whole point of this discussion? Reid was discussing "missing white woman syndrome" which, itself, is entirely going off on a tangent from the Petito coverage.another tangent
Have you tried ointment?The irony! It burns!
Not even the left wing media gives it any coverage so clean up your own house first.1. Yes, the obsessive coverage on local and national TV stations (not to mention cable outlets, such as my favorite FOX) is excessive and almost comical.
2. Yes, although I would never lower myself by watching MSNBC, it is accurate to say that those outlets would never give this much coverage to a missing or murdered lady of color.
3. I do not fault the TV stations for their coverage, however.
a. The United States of America has traditionally been a Caucasian-majority nation.
b. It is only natural that a beautiful young Caucasian lady who has been missing and now has been found dead would interest a lot of Caucasian viewers. There is nothing sinister about such coverage, which is presumably good for ratings.
c. Now people want to know: Where is her boyfriend? It is simply a good story.
4. The TV stations do not give the same coverage to missing ladies of color because not enough viewers are that interested in such cases.
a. Ladies of color are (currently) members of minority groups.
b. The majority ethnicity is naturally interested in missing ladies of their own ethnicity.
c. In the coming decades when two certain ethnicities become the overwhelming majority, presumably the TV stations will give excessive coverage to missing ladies of those two ethnicities.
5. Ms. R., I hear, is a rabblerouser, like that notorious reverend on the same channel. Some people, of course, like to watch, for she ratifies their agenda. I like to think that most people would never dignify her remarks by ever watching her show.
Right. It seems a bit disingenuous of Ms Reid to get all snitty about something she is equally guilty of.Not even the left wing media gives it any coverage so clean up your own house first.
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