In the Agora: Aruba girl

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June 24, 2005

Aruba girl

GOP Vixen, via Instapundit, with this take on cable news coverage of Natalee Holloway's disappearance:

Okay FOX, you win. It worked. I won't kidnap any young, blonde, blue-eyed, upper class, teenage, all-American girls. Your round the clock mega-hyped coverage of this tragic but nonetheless non-story is working. It's a brilliant deterrent. Who in their right mind would think suffering through incessant, overblown, 24/7, E! True Suburb Tragedy was worth it? You are making America safe for white rich girls. Pat yourselves on the back.

No doubt! Our highest court just loosened the reins on local governments' power to take property from individuals and the news got a 10 minute blurb. Meanwhile, anyone who has been paying attention to cable news can recite the Holloway family tree, followed by the family trees of those guys who may have taken her. I think it would be more profitable for cable news channels to ignore world events, and show reality-TV programming 24/7. (Did they beat me to that idea?)

Posted by Jonathan Bunch at June 24, 2005 10:04 AM

Comments

I forgot there was a battle with insurgents over in some region of the world that is in the desert or something.

The coverage on Fox is ridiculous. But, when there are 4 cable news networks all fighting for a story and ratings, the one that gives America what it wants wins. Over 2 million people tune in to Fox which is double the ratings of MSNBC and CNN combined.

Posted by: J at June 24, 2005 11:34 AM | permalink

All of the cable news networks have done their best to turn into E! more and more. I really, really don't get what the big deal about this whole Aruba thing is, and how it trumps about a thousand other things that are happening in the world on any given second.

Posted by: jason at June 25, 2005 12:32 AM | permalink

If you wanna be even more famous, run-away from your wedding or build a theme park in your backyard and molest little boys.

Posted by: Angel at June 27, 2005 04:30 PM | permalink

Okay, yes the Aruba girl thing is important b/c parents shouldn't let their young children go to other countries as if it's nothing. It's not safe. Plus, if she was a heavy church member and this was a church funtion, then why were they in a bar? Very sad. I feel sorry for the parents. Maybe this will be a lesson to all the parents that are liberal with their kids.

I personally love FOx and all of you that continue to knock it should just keep YOUR MOUTH SHUT!!!

Posted by: Andrea at July 1, 2005 12:38 PM | permalink

"We didn't do shit...it's was that Viagra loving Vander Shoop and his scanky father...we good boys."

Posted by: Deepok Brothers at July 6, 2005 02:48 PM | permalink

Posted by: K at July 6, 2005 04:28 PM | permalink

the boys whom killed this innocent girl will aventully die for what they did, this world is to crazy for a fanatic not to take it upon himself to personally seek justice and predate upon them and take their lives for the injustice they caused, i am sure they feel they got away with it, but personally they will have to look over their shoulders sadly. their time is limited to they should confess they would be safer in jail than the free world, to many crazy people would love to hurt them due to this tradegy they caused

Posted by: alexis at September 23, 2005 03:38 AM | permalink

Oh, Arubagirl, spreading more anti-American venom today?

Posted by: Anonymous at August 15, 2006 07:33 AM | permalink