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mysteryowl

(8,939 posts) Tue Feb 10, 2026, 08:20 PM Tuesday

Why is the media over-reporting about Nancy Guthrie's kidnapping?

In 2025 open missing persons cases in the United States = 25,544.


How much press do all these people get?

I am not insensitive to Nancy's situation, it is just out of balance.


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Why is the media over-reporting about Nancy Guthrie's kidnapping? (Original Post) mysteryowl Tuesday OP
Stupidity Bread and Circuses Tuesday #1
Why does it surprise you? Fiendish Thingy Tuesday #2
I think it's because many in the media know S Guthrie personally. Nt spooky3 Tuesday #3
Pls see #4 SheltieLover Tuesday #5
Thanks! spooky3 Tuesday #7
Yw SheltieLover Tuesday #8
I understand, but it has to be more than that. IMO mysteryowl Tuesday #13
Could this be why? SheltieLover Tuesday #4
Wow! That is so gangster. mysteryowl Tuesday #10
Maybe trying to drag out the story to drive the point home SheltieLover Tuesday #12
That this regime is gangster and will hurt you and your family. That point? mysteryowl Tuesday #16
Could be... SheltieLover Tuesday #17
They didn't just Greg_In_SF Tuesday #24
Oh, see, I am not following the day-to-day on this. mysteryowl Tuesday #27
No worries! Greg_In_SF Tuesday #30
Good point. mysteryowl Tuesday #36
This message was self-deleted by its author Rebl2 Tuesday #25
because her daughter is famous Takket Tuesday #6
I'd never heard of her Skittles Tuesday #42
I just said the same to my husband JBTaurus83 Tuesday #9
Yes! Thank you! mysteryowl Tuesday #14
Trying to drown out the Epstein files info/reporting. n/t flvegan Tuesday #11
The only reason they do anything Greg_In_SF Tuesday #15
I get that. But, I say they are making the wrong assumption that "everyone" is really interested in this 24/7 mysteryowl Tuesday #19
They get ratings Greg_In_SF Tuesday #21
Whenever the media JBTaurus83 Tuesday #22
Famous relative ITAL Tuesday #18
Response #4 mysteryowl Tuesday #20
Lindbergh baby scenario makes WAAAY more sense ITAL Tuesday #39
I'd have to go read about it to have an opinion. mysteryowl Tuesday #40
Because Rebl2 Tuesday #23
Yeah, Sheltielover is saying something similar, but about the Epstein victims connection. mysteryowl Tuesday #26
Laziness misanthrope Tuesday #28
Because it's a sensational story newdeal2 Tuesday #29
I wonder if race has something to do with it. White people get press. mysteryowl Tuesday #31
And OJ Simpson Greg_In_SF Tuesday #32
It reminds me of AI, we are being forced to consume it. mysteryowl Tuesday #33
William Randolph Hearst "If it bleeds it leads" Ping Tung Tuesday #34
Because they don't want to report the ICE thugs terrorizing our citizens and the Epstein pedo potus connection. kimbutgar Tuesday #35
There is a solution. Turn it off. Don't watch. Life is much more enjoyable. That's our last 15 years. NewHendoLib Tuesday #37
But then I wouldn't be able to have an opinion about it. mysteryowl Tuesday #38
Because she's the mother choie Tuesday #41
To distract us from how their fascist King is wrecking our country !!!! Jack Valentino Tuesday #43
Because it's happening to one of them. ms liberty Tuesday #44
They don't dare to report about our entire country being kidnapped by a psychopathic terrorist group called the GOP yaesu Tuesday #45
They do it to instill fear Alice Kramden Tuesday #46
Because people are interested in this story. milestogo Tuesday #47

mysteryowl

(8,939 posts)
10. Wow! That is so gangster.
Reply to SheltieLover (Reply #4)
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 08:34 PM
Tuesday

So, if Nancy was abducted as punishment to her daughter for reporting about the Epstein victims. That could be possible with this regime.

I still don't understand the over-reporting about her kidnapping.
Although, they JUST finally found the door camera video. Just!
Oh way to go FBI.

Greg_In_SF

(1,043 posts)
24. They didn't just
Reply to mysteryowl (Reply #10)
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 08:47 PM
Tuesday

get the doorbell video.

They just released the doorbell video. Big difference.

Greg_In_SF

(1,043 posts)
30. No worries!
Reply to mysteryowl (Reply #27)
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 08:58 PM
Tuesday

Just wanted to point out that they would have watched that video in a lab hundreds or thousands of times before releasing it to the public

Response to SheltieLover (Reply #4)

Rebl2 This message was self-deleted by its author.

JBTaurus83

(1,016 posts)
9. I just said the same to my husband
Reply to mysteryowl (Original post)
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 08:33 PM
Tuesday

I had to turn the news off. My God, at least cover other people’s missing family members if that’s the type of story you want to run 24/7.

mysteryowl

(8,939 posts)
19. I get that. But, I say they are making the wrong assumption that "everyone" is really interested in this 24/7
Reply to Greg_In_SF (Reply #15)
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 08:43 PM
Tuesday

Many of us, turn it off. No rating then M$M.

JBTaurus83

(1,016 posts)
22. Whenever the media
Reply to mysteryowl (Reply #19)
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 08:45 PM
Tuesday

Latches on to one of these lazy stories and puts it on a loop, it gives me an excuse to catch up on documentaries.

Rebl2

(17,568 posts)
23. Because
Reply to mysteryowl (Original post)
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 08:46 PM
Tuesday

it’s a well known journalist elderly mother, key word is journalist/ news anchor. It’s a warning to other journalists maybe? Watch what you talk about? That is the only thing I can think of.

mysteryowl

(8,939 posts)
26. Yeah, Sheltielover is saying something similar, but about the Epstein victims connection.
Reply to Rebl2 (Reply #23)
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 08:52 PM
Tuesday

See comment #4

newdeal2

(5,088 posts)
29. Because it's a sensational story
Reply to mysteryowl (Original post)
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 08:56 PM
Tuesday

We saw the same thing for other cases like JonBenét Ramsey and Laci Peterson.

I’m quite sure the newspapers and radio did the same thing back in the day for other notable crimes.

mysteryowl

(8,939 posts)
31. I wonder if race has something to do with it. White people get press.
Reply to newdeal2 (Reply #29)
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 09:00 PM
Tuesday

Native Americans have a horrible record for missing girls.

We never hear about though. Just saying.

Ping Tung

(4,276 posts)
34. William Randolph Hearst "If it bleeds it leads"
Reply to mysteryowl (Original post)
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 09:10 PM
Tuesday

The media is seldom about news. It is almost always about selling stuff. More readers, more ads, more profit.

No one in this world, so far as I know and I have researched the records for years, and employed agents to help me has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby. H.L.Mencken

kimbutgar

(27,037 posts)
35. Because they don't want to report the ICE thugs terrorizing our citizens and the Epstein pedo potus connection.
Reply to mysteryowl (Original post)
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 09:14 PM
Tuesday

NewHendoLib

(61,737 posts)
37. There is a solution. Turn it off. Don't watch. Life is much more enjoyable. That's our last 15 years.
Reply to mysteryowl (Original post)
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 09:31 PM
Tuesday

All the eyeballs tuning in rewards them - and it is just about ad revenue, anyway

mysteryowl

(8,939 posts)
38. But then I wouldn't be able to have an opinion about it.
Reply to NewHendoLib (Reply #37)
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 09:46 PM
Tuesday



I don't do it often and just to catch some stories I am following.
Today I turned on the evening news and couldn't get away from the Nancy story, no matter what channel I switched to. They just kept going on and on.

I turned off the TV.

choie

(6,814 posts)
41. Because she's the mother
Reply to mysteryowl (Original post)
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 10:01 PM
Tuesday

Of a white tv journalist (or talking head, whichever you prefer)

ms liberty

(11,096 posts)
44. Because it's happening to one of them.
Reply to mysteryowl (Original post)
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 10:08 PM
Tuesday

Why do you think they're so reverential about 911? Because it happened in NYC, the home base of corporate news, in the middle of the morning show time slot.

yaesu

(9,155 posts)
45. They don't dare to report about our entire country being kidnapped by a psychopathic terrorist group called the GOP
Reply to mysteryowl (Original post)
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 10:24 PM
Tuesday

so they go to the next best thing.

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