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discrepancies in reporting
Feb. 19th, 2014 12:38 pmI've been reading a lot this past month about rape, sexual assault & other related topics (such as what traits are considered "creepy"). Maybe it was the Dylan Farrow letter that sparked the flurry of articles, but the inundation has been depressing but instructive. It's important for folks to realize that rape really does happen, despite the fact that only 3% of rapists ever see the inside of a jail cell.
So it angers me that CNN has decided to report a news story about a cruise worker who raped a passenger with the title of "Passenger Beaten Aboard Cruise Ship" & downplays the rape nearly altogether. (The term "sexual assault" is used in the second paragraph but vanishes thereafter, despite the article goes on to describe other aspects of the altercation in a fair amount of detail.)
Nearly all other news outlets report the rape allegation & do not attempt to disappear it.
Perhaps CNN believes that its readers & viewers just can't handle the fact that such crimes occur, that their audience just doesn't have the fortitude or that rape simply offends their sensibilities.
So it angers me that CNN has decided to report a news story about a cruise worker who raped a passenger with the title of "Passenger Beaten Aboard Cruise Ship" & downplays the rape nearly altogether. (The term "sexual assault" is used in the second paragraph but vanishes thereafter, despite the article goes on to describe other aspects of the altercation in a fair amount of detail.)
Nearly all other news outlets report the rape allegation & do not attempt to disappear it.
Perhaps CNN believes that its readers & viewers just can't handle the fact that such crimes occur, that their audience just doesn't have the fortitude or that rape simply offends their sensibilities.