Telford has lacked coverage in comparison to #MeToo
Whenever a Hollywood actress complains about some lecherous man, there’s blanket coverage. Even our MPs feel the need to tut.
So why, when there are allegations involving 1,000 underage girls abused by child-grooming gangs in this country, does no one turn a hair? For the most part, the paedophile scandal in Telford was ignored by the people who should care most.
The BBC, which has devoted hour upon hour to the #MeToo movement since the allegations over Harvey Weinstein broke last year, initially did not even think it worth covering the Telford abuse story on the section of its website devoted to news from Shropshire, let alone the national news.
In the House of Commons, (...) the fate of Telford girls, uncovered by the Sunday Mirror, was relegated to the junior chamber in Westminster Hall.
Because the media is there to make $$$. Nobody wants to hear about child abuse. I've had friends tell me point blank to shut up about it because there's no one anyone can do. Actresses allowing themselves to be abused for money (that's what it mostly is, to be honest) doesn't trouble the mind so much.
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eucalyptus_spearmint ago
Because the media is there to make $$$. Nobody wants to hear about child abuse. I've had friends tell me point blank to shut up about it because there's no one anyone can do. Actresses allowing themselves to be abused for money (that's what it mostly is, to be honest) doesn't trouble the mind so much.
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'Nothing anyone wants to do would be more correct....
eucalyptus_spearmint ago
Right.