The group was frustrated that the disappearance of Latoyia Figueroa, 24, who is five months pregnant, did not get national press, though her case is similar to other widely covered disappearances like those of Natalee Holloway and Laci Peterson.
The bloggers argue that Holloway and Peterson, who are both white and good-looking, are more attractive to national broadcast media than someone like Figueroa, who is African-American and from a less affluent background. —Cyrus Farivar —Bloggers Champion Missing Woman (Wired)
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Ironically, this very story doesn’t have a picture of the missing woman…which, you know, would be very helpful in finding a “missing person”.
There’s no doubt that the missing women covered by these stories is pretty much always white (side note – when was the last time you say a missing man story?), I keep hearing about this supposed “white attractive women” thing, but then there’s stories like the “runaway bride” where the women was…well, not particularly attractive. She sure was white, but I wonder if you did a study, what is the racial distribution of people who watch the news? (I’m making no claims, just thought maybe someone else knows.)