There are many things to speculate about this. But mostly, people who have ever been the subject of media attention quickly learn just how easy it is to manipulate the press and media in general. You give them a good story, and they’ll be all over it. These days, there is no “investigative journalism.” Reporters don’t go out looking for stories. They wait for the stories to come to them. Rich white folks are more accustomed to using anyone and everything to achieve their goals.

“Rich white folks are more accustomed to using anyone and everything to achieve their goals.”
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Stereotype much?
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On a lighter note, has anybody, as of yet, written a parody song to the tune of Foreigner’s “Dirty White Boy” with the title “Pretty White Girl?” Weird Al, are you listening?

Not every generalization is a stereotype.

But that one was.

Well, like someone (Kat?) commented on some months back (from a different perspective, mind you) a harmless explanation is “what is ‘newsworthy’”?

Is “‘known prostitute’ found dead in a parking lot” as much a surprise as “wealthy HS senior disappears while on Spring Break”? Which crimes/incidents appear more “random” and more concerning for those who happen to stay up to watch the news before tucking in?

In any event, can you believe the nerve of those rich, white people manipulating the media to try and find their children?!?