"DA: New evidence clears Ramsey's"
Okay. I think it's time to break out my column, for the first time in a little less than 2 years.
Time for media to bury hatchet
08/23/07
For our parents' generation it was "where were you when JFK was shot?" For ours it's going to be "where were you on 9/11?" And lately it seems we can add "where were you when JonBenet Ramsey was murdered?" to that list of questions. But here's the thing about the latter: Who really cares?
Yes, she was only six when she was murdered the day after Christmas in 1996 in her middle-class Colorado home and I'm sure it was a heartbreaking experience for her family and friends, but it's 10 years later and people are still talking about it. I can understand still talking about Princess Diana or Martin Luther King Jr., but those were high-powered, well-known icons. Ramsey was just a typical 6-year-old who was forced to dress up in non-traditional outfits for her age and wear so much makeup that no one really knows what she actually looked like.
I'm going to completely ignore the whole child beauty pageant thing and move on to why America is still hooked on the murder of a potential future porn star.
Not to sound morbid, but children are murdered all the time. What makes this one so special?
A staff editorial on the news wire service www.copyboy.com that was published Monday entitled "How about some reverence for the Ramsey Case?" initially caught my attention. Don't get me wrong, I agreed with the point - that is, if I was still 11 and wearing my socks scrunched down over my jeans. But now it's 2006 and there are more important things going on in the world.
I'd throw in what I think happened to JonBenet, but that would take time and words that I don't have to spare.
Is it that people are just so used to hearing about this that they want to hear more? It seems that way because people feel more involved and essentially more intelligent when they are familiar with news headlines. But why not just open a newspaper and skim those articles? There are things that are actually affecting our lives today.
In an article titled "Why cable news pursues the JonBenet Ramsey case," Andrew Kohut, director of the Pew center for the People and the Press in Washington, states, "ratings will fall off but you'll still have a story that's big enough to move the needle and attract people who like this kind of stuff. That's what keeps cable news in business at times when there's not real breaking news."
Personally, if my child was murdered I wouldn't want it all over the news constantly. I feel bad for the family because they are constantly reminded of this terrible time.
They were normal people before this tragic event, and now they are the focus of the media and are constantly being reminded of the pain. That pain is always going to be there and that's hard enough to deal with without the made-for-TV movies and books that are being created.
Although reading through past reports and studies, the whole situation just seems a little off. Not only did the parents look incredibly suspicious at the time but John Karr, the latest suspect in the Ramsey case, said that he was with JonBenet when she died. OK.
Two questions come to mind. Why wasn't he questioned 10 years ago along with everyone else at the Ramsey house that day? And if he was with her, why didn't he do anything to help her - if he's innocent, of course.
This may be the first arrest linked to Ramsey but that still doesn't mean this case hasn't been beaten to death - whether or not the pun is intended is your choice. Karr's trial will probably last several months and, in that time, more speculation regarding Laci Peterson, Princess Di and maybe even the Lindberg baby will surface.
I'm surprised there hasn't been talk of suicide. If I was a 6-year-old being forced into all of these pageants and those outfits I would probably kill myself too.
For years there has been nothing new to report, yet somehow the case breaks headlines telling us something that was figured out years ago. For all we know Patsy Ramsey really did murder her daughter. Too bad she died in June. Now the world may never know the truth.
Seriously? This all needs to stop. It's been 12 years people! Kids die and get murdered all the time. What makes this 6 year-old-would-be-whore-when-she's-16 special?
Nobody gives a shit anymore. Get over it.
And while I'm bitching about the media: Amy Jacobson, you're a whore and need to be punched in the baby maker.
For those who don't know who Amy Jacobson is, she was the NBC news reporter who was caught over at Craig Stebic's house (husband and main suspect in the missing Lisa Stebic fiasco) with her 2 sons in her bikini. She was fired 5 seconds later and is now (almost a year later) suing NBC for invasion of privacy & because she had to move in to a smaller house because of her lack of employment. Boo frickin' hoo.
And adding to that subject, what makes Lisa Stebic special (and I don't mean this is a bad way since I know she's my friend's dad's cousin) but if I went missing I don't think it would make national news. People would assume me dead after a month and deal with it. Call it anti-hindsight or whatever, but it's true.
Okay, enough bitching for now. A Jon & Kate plus Ei8ht marathon is on and that should put me in a better mood. Plus I'm all sunburned from being outside at Great America all day.
They were normal people before this tragic event, and now they are the focus of the media and are constantly being reminded of the pain. That pain is always going to be there and that's hard enough to deal with without the made-for-TV movies and books that are being created.
Although reading through past reports and studies, the whole situation just seems a little off. Not only did the parents look incredibly suspicious at the time but John Karr, the latest suspect in the Ramsey case, said that he was with JonBenet when she died. OK.
Two questions come to mind. Why wasn't he questioned 10 years ago along with everyone else at the Ramsey house that day? And if he was with her, why didn't he do anything to help her - if he's innocent, of course.
This may be the first arrest linked to Ramsey but that still doesn't mean this case hasn't been beaten to death - whether or not the pun is intended is your choice. Karr's trial will probably last several months and, in that time, more speculation regarding Laci Peterson, Princess Di and maybe even the Lindberg baby will surface.
I'm surprised there hasn't been talk of suicide. If I was a 6-year-old being forced into all of these pageants and those outfits I would probably kill myself too.
For years there has been nothing new to report, yet somehow the case breaks headlines telling us something that was figured out years ago. For all we know Patsy Ramsey really did murder her daughter. Too bad she died in June. Now the world may never know the truth.
Seriously? This all needs to stop. It's been 12 years people! Kids die and get murdered all the time. What makes this 6 year-old-would-be-whore-when-she's-16 special?
Nobody gives a shit anymore. Get over it.
And while I'm bitching about the media: Amy Jacobson, you're a whore and need to be punched in the baby maker.
For those who don't know who Amy Jacobson is, she was the NBC news reporter who was caught over at Craig Stebic's house (husband and main suspect in the missing Lisa Stebic fiasco) with her 2 sons in her bikini. She was fired 5 seconds later and is now (almost a year later) suing NBC for invasion of privacy & because she had to move in to a smaller house because of her lack of employment. Boo frickin' hoo.
And adding to that subject, what makes Lisa Stebic special (and I don't mean this is a bad way since I know she's my friend's dad's cousin) but if I went missing I don't think it would make national news. People would assume me dead after a month and deal with it. Call it anti-hindsight or whatever, but it's true.
Okay, enough bitching for now. A Jon & Kate plus Ei8ht marathon is on and that should put me in a better mood. Plus I'm all sunburned from being outside at Great America all day.
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