John Durant compares Rotherham abuse coverage vs JLaw nudes
http://twitter.com/#!/johndurant/status/507322841402834946
You would think that erudite progressive sites like Jezebel and Slate would eschew the “war on women” angle for tacky celebrity scandals about nude pictures—especially when there’s a story out there about sexual abuse run rampant. Rotherham child sex scandal case of ‘not wanting to rock the multicultural community boat’
Author and Paleo lifestyle guru John Durant took a look at how their coverage broke down.
Jezebel: "Rotherham"
google.com/webhp?sourceid…
Jezebel: "Jennifer Lawrence"
google.com/webhp?sourceid…— John Durant (@johndurant) September 04, 2014
Jezebel had one story about Rotherham.
But the Jennifer Lawrence story? Jackpot.
Durant took the same look at Slate.com.
Slate: "Rotherham"
google.com/webhp?sourceid…
Slate: "Jennifer Lawrence"
google.com/webhp?sourceid…— John Durant (@johndurant) September 04, 2014
Slate stories on Rotherham? One.
But look out.
Boom.
http://twitter.com/#!/david_kenneth_d/status/507321910263578624
So progressives are virtually ignoring large scale injustice because of capitalism? That’s priceless.
http://twitter.com/#!/Rand_Simberg/status/507330936514838528
http://twitter.com/#!/SOBL1/status/507322050588196864
Heh.
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