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I've seen several posts on this section of the board on the topic of the media and race, here is an horrific story to think about. The following is a report done by La Shawn Barber on their blog (lawshawnbarber dot com) about a case that oddly recieved little to no media attention, while the Duke rape case and Paris Hilton's antics recieved wall to wall coverage. I wouldn't be posting this horrific crime if I didn't think it was worth posting.
*Warning: The following excerpt is disturbing.*
Media Blackout on Christian-Newsom Murders?
I’ve been dragging my feet on this one, but it’s time to step up.
Early this year, a white couple was carjacked, tortured, raped, and murdered by a group of black thugs. Christopher Newsom (23) was gang-raped, shot and set on fire. There are unconfirmed reports that the killers cut off his penis while he was still alive. The going-to-straight-to-hell murderers made Channon Christian (21) watch, and then they gang-raped her over four days and left her to die. There are unconfirmed reports that her breasts were cut off while she was still alive. (Also see this story and the Wikipedia entry)
I’ve been getting e-mail about this case since it happened, but I’ve been hesitant to blog about it. Flopping Aces published a big post about the case last night, which probably accounts for why I received a few more Christian-Newsom e-mails this morning. Here goes!
I’ve noticed that mainstream media are reluctant to report this story, especially when it first happened. In light of the blanket coverage the Duke “rape” case received, the paucity of coverage in this case seems a bit unbalanced. I mean, isn’t the brutal, black-on-white gang-rape, mutilation, and murder of two people more than or at least as newsworthy as a white-on-black gang-rape (which obviously was phony)? Even if the stripper’s allegations had been true, why was the Duke case burning up the airwaves while the Christian-Newsom case barely emits a spark?
What’s up with the lack of blanket media coverage? I’m not talking about a story here or there with case updates. The media should be swarming around this story. What happened to Christian and Newsom should be all over the airwaves and printing presses.
What’s up with the stunning silence of feminist types and hate-crime proponents? Forget Newsom. He was a white male. But what about Christian? Where are the pot-bangers and wanna-be castrators?
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I'm not sure how everyone else feels about this, but I was really disturbed by it. I'm wondering how the Duke rape case would have been covered if the races had been reversed? Is the media all too happy to jump on a story of white on black racism but hesitant to show black on white hate crimes? This is a serious topic and I am hoping to get some replies, because I am baffled by this one.
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