Comments on: And Today's Rant Is. . .

By: kerry in Wi.

kerry in Wi. — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 02:25:53 +0000

The coverage on this case is so sad ! What makes one child so important and others grossly overlooked ? Well…we all know the answer; white family, sexual acting out by Mommy, cop in the family…and not. to mention the very odd sub story; the Kronk confessions ! What’s the “whole story” Guilt ? This entire family knew exactly what was going on and all of them conspired to cover it up! And then there’s Nancy Grace, the white lawyer w/ new babies of her own, crying over the outrage that anyone suggests this mom might not by guilty??? Where does the fairness of journalistic fairness go when you give a lawyer a microphone and air time ??? Nancy Grace, if you want to do the community a favor, go back to the court room and step down from the mommy pulpit!!! Let’s get a real journalist in there giving ALL child victims equal air time and no Bitching at all the other scum sucking attorneys (her shows guests) screaming for a moment on the air to boost their private practice !!!

By: jerseygirl89

jerseygirl89 — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 16:05:51 +0000

Jen – Thank you!

33Tekfan – How could they not know?

a – Well, at least it’s fair somewhere.

Simone – I’ve done it a number of times. I’m glad yours had a good outcome.

Becky – Me too.

Jess – Excellent points. It also depends where the CPS office is – some offices are much more together and funded than others, which goes directly to the care of children.

Lisa – I kinda of like your channel idea, not that I would actually watch it unless I was already depressed.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 14:47:02 +0000

I actually watched one of those hour-long shows on this last night (something cheery while finishing my holiday gifts for colleagues… not) and I think there were parts of this story earlier on that I missed because I simply could not hear about an adorable missing toddler. I hope the news story was accurate, but I do now think that her parents should be charged as an accessory or something, because they just knew something terrible had happened. (And they could probably devote an entire cable channel with 24 hour coverage to the issues around abused, neglected, and murdered kids of all colors. Not sure who’d be able to stomach that, but it would sure get the word out)

By: Jess

Jess — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 01:53:27 +0000

I liked your suggestion best- that people could have helped out while she was alive. There are more ways to help single moms (of any color) than by making “one phone call”. Sadly, CPS DOES get those “one phone calls”- ALL THE TIME. They are overloaded, overworked, and underpaid. We need to be more supportive of children being at HOME with their parents- which means stepping up as a society and helping those that need help BEFORE it is too late. That’s another rant…

The grandparents should be charged, most certainly- I don’t understand how the Mom ended up back at home with them when she was out on bail. What kind of family were these people?

The news coverage of pretty white children will stop when we stop buying it. Right. Well, in a perfect world, anyway.

By: Becky

Becky — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 00:32:44 +0000

That is so depressing and true. Lord, that makes me so sad.

By: Simone

Simone — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 19:40:39 +0000

I reported a case of suspected infant abuse/neglect once. Everyone in the nursery knew ‘carseat’ (nicknamed because the mom kept him in a carseat all day) was neglected. I was the only one until suspicious burn marks were on his body. An official report was made. Carseat was removed from the home. I wonder if it would have happened that quickly if I had not made that first anonymous phone call.

That’s all it takes. One phone call to get the ball rolling.

By: a

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 03:37:48 +0000

My area is surprisingly evenhanded in its coverage of missing children …but then, car crashes generate 15 minutes of footage for a half hour newscast. Most things don’t make it to the national level, though, because no one cares that psycho dad took the kids to piss off /punish codependent mom.

We get annual coverage of the continued search (5 years, now, I think) for a disabled and ill boy (who is/was black), even though everyone is 99% certain that his father killed him. I don’t have much use for the news services in general, but our middle American channels do a decent job on any missing children.

By: 33tekfan

33tekfan — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 00:59:15 +0000

The grandparents are just as guilty – I agree!

By: Jen

Jen — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:56:18 +0000

Amen! To all of it.