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For over a year the media thought that what happened to this girl warranted every citizen's attention. Would it be "news" if she was unatractive and from a poor family?
Fake News
Much of the news we are presented with is simply not newsworthy. Some stories that don't affect citizen's lives are to be expected, after all, the media seeks to captivate our attention long enough to be able to turn a profit. The problem arises when these types of stories begin to fill up blocks of news programming, large portions of a newspaper, or the most popular areas of a news website. This allows little chance for more important issues that directly affect us to recieve the coverage that they deserve.
Missing Persons
When the media throws a select missing persons case in our face day after day, it is inevitable that we will be caught up in the mystery of what happened. When put into perspective, however, focusing on a missing persons case is absurd. On average, 720 people under the age of 18 go missing every day. Of these, about 560 are abducted by family members and 160 are abducted by non-family members. The media chooses one of these and then goes into a frenzy. Natalie Holloway didn't deserve a year of constant coverage any more than a 5 year-old that was kidnapped, repeatedly molested, and then dumped in a shallow desert grave. Incessant attention in these types of cases should not be the practice of a major news outlet. These stories are more suited to local news outlets or, in some cases, tabloids.
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