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100's of people go missing every year; why does the Media focus on just one ?
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Obviously it is very sad when any person goes missing but why is it that some missing people get headline news for nearly a week while others don't get reported at all.
Quite confusing, I know they can't report all missing people in headline press but always makes you think about the families of missing people who don't get hardly any publicity to find them
Quite confusing, I know they can't report all missing people in headline press but always makes you think about the families of missing people who don't get hardly any publicity to find them
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Yes there really should be more consistency in who gets reported on and who doesn't.
Not forgetting that some relatives might not want things being reported.
Yeah that's very true. There doesn't seem much inbetween its either a main headline story or not reported at all
Missingpeople UK, just to give you an idea of the numbers, we're dealing with.
I can guess the Police contact the media about cases that they think will hit the 'right buttons' with the media.
Photogenic child, nicely spoken family or friends to provide the backstory.
Slightly random aside (popped into my head) anyone remember what happened to the nurse who was locked in the boot of her car over Christmas, I think it was last year.
Pretty sure it was in Scotland and they thought she'd gone missing, found after 6 days or something like that.
I was guessing that press conference for a missing person is held when there's some vulnerability is involved (e.g. suffering depression, missing without meds, or very young aged) or there is no linkage to some other crime (e.g. two other missing persons have been found dead and another similar person is reported as missing).
With the latest case, I was wondering if there is something the police has told us for her case to receive so much publicity.
Maybe there are children's feelings to condsider.
Why is one disapperance more important then another.
Exactly. It's only when foul play is supected that it hits the media, or a young child. Teenagers often go missing and return within a few days. Adults can go missing for a variety of reasons, rarely due to anything sinister.
I see the latest Jo Yeates thread has also been deleted btw
I can understand why it was deleted, it's a shame people couldn't have stuck to facts rather than libellously speculating, as it was an interesting thread.
Its not a soap opera - there are real people in real pain involved.
And it wasn't discussion - it was tasteless, un-necessary, speculation.
I'm aware of that. Yes some of the posts were un-necessary and tasteless. It's a pity the threads couldn't stick to the facts.
Why is one missing person's life more 'worthy' than anyone else (who's missing) ? Is there a certain criteria one has to fulfil in order to make the headlines ?
How sad
Where foul play is suspected the media are informed right away. In the case you appear to be referring to it's clear they were 100% correct.
Fair enough.
Apologies.