A Tale of Two Missing Persons
Natalee Holloway
age: 18
vanished: May 30, 2005
last seen: leaving a nightclub in Aruba with three men
home: Mountain Brook
reward: $75,000 total
investigated by: FBI, Aruban Police, family, thousands of volunteers.
support: private donations, free hotel in Aruba, McWane Corp. private jet, donated airfare, massive prayer lists
media: nonstop national media coverage
Nancy Lewis
age: 47
vanished: May 18, 2005
last seen: leaving for work at 3:45 AM
home: southwest Birmingham
reward: $2000 (now $12,000)
investigated by: Birmingham police, friends and family.
support: friends, co-workers and family
media: four or five local newspaper articles, sparse radio PSA's
Update: The Birmingham Post-Herald has picked up on the comparison.
1 comment:
It doesn't really alarm me, nor is it a recent trend. (I'm a cynic, of course).
It is a reminder that infotainment is not the best way to sustain a well-informed democracy. Did you hear about the 200,000 homes levelled by bulldozers in Harare, Zimbabwe. I didn't think so.
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