If Elizabeth Smart was black, would she get this kind of media attention?

[G-man Joe]

<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>If Elizabeth Smart was black, would she get this kind of media attention?</div>

[Zeus]

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>In the end, it's such a good news story, that yes, she would</div>

[the Gray]

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>I disaggree with Zeus. I don't believe a black girl would've gotten any attention from the start.</div>

[G-man Joe]

<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>For four days straight? Front cover? Come on Zeus. When the lady had 7 babies, media fest. When a black woman in DC had 7, she made the local news.</div>

[Kupek]

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>I think it's not just that - she's from a middle income family in the suburbs.</div>

[Imakeholesinu]

<div style='font: 10pt Arial; text-align: left; '>If anything I think it means that we should get rid of certain "christian" religions that spawn these people.</div>

[Zeus]

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Maybe I'm not quite as in tune with the media down there as you, but something as sensationalistic as this would seem to supersede any racism IMO. I mean, she's the first one in memory that was found alive after so long..</div>

[Kupek]

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>In order for the the found story to make headlines, her missing story had to make headlines.</div>

[Zeus]

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Maybe, but I could see some of the "lesser" news outlets who didn't cover the missing story jump on something as sensationalistic and rare as someone being found after 10 months</div>

[Kupek]

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>I don't. The reader doesn't have an emotional investment in the story.</div>

[SineSwiper]

<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>And no link?</div>

[Kupek]

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>She was on the cover of many (all?) national newspapers, I don't think a link is necessary.</div>

[Ishamael]

<div style='font: 14pt "Sans Serif"; text-align: justify; padding: 0% 15% 0% 15%; '>No. Also, I think if she were ugly, poor or not from an upper middle class family, she wouldn't have gotten the coverage either.</div>