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Missing Children: Is the Media Favoring White Kids?
Posted June 17, 2002 -- Have you ever heard of Alexis Patterson?
Many who live in or near central Milwaukee have. The 7-year-old disappeared May 3, when she was on her way to Hi-Mount Community School. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, very little about Patterson, an African-American girl, has been heard nationally.
On the other hand, Elizabeth Smart, a 14-year-old White girl from Utah, who was apparently taken from her family's million-dollar home at gunpoint, has made the national news circuit on a regular basis.
The New York Times and The Washington Post both reported about Smart; neither reported about Patterson, the Journal Sentinel reported. According to the Journal-Sentinel's research, more than 400 stories have been written about Smart, while only 67 stories have been written about Patterson.
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Ok, I am shocked
because I have never heard about Alexis Patterson and she has been missing since early May! On the otherh hand, i have heard about Elizabeth Smart daily. Ohhhh
