What happened to Gabby Petito is tragic, but is anyone else tired of all the headlines about her?

I agree that what happened to her is tragic.

My gut reaction to your question (and I hope I avoid overthinking and then delete), is "yes." Other similar tragic missing persons cases happen, yet, this particular one has been nonstop coverage it seems. I "get it" if it were all an Adult version of Amber Alerts kind of thing - - but why not  the same thing for all missing persons?

(I noted that the Dr Phil Show had a very lengthy interview with Ms. Petito's dad. And, the entire time it was broadcast, over the screen was a "previously recorded" notice -- the original interview was done before Petito's body was found. Yet, after her body was found, that show rebroadcast what seemed to be the entire original interview. In context, and knowing that anyone watching knew her body had been found, rebroadcasting the original interview in its original format made little sense to me.)

I'm tired of hearing about it.  It is tragic and I don't mean to be cold, but why all the hype over this one person?  Besides, we all know her boyfriend did it.  

I must be doing an excellent job of avoiding headlines and news, because I have no idea who that is! 

It's not often a killer leaves a trail of bread crumbs in the form of video and witnesses to himself.  
That in itself makes it newsworthy. 


This post was edited by Honey Dew at September 23, 2021 6:11 PM MDT

Media loves to overhype a story.  How they decide which to hype and which to ignore is interesting. 

I have managed to avoid the story. Other than to hear "why the hype?" stories.

Anybody want to bet against me that there will be at least 2 movies about it?

It's a known phenomenon: "missing white woman syndrome". Meanwhile other missing persons are almost entirely ignored. But a young, blond woman gone missing has a way of captivating the media and the public. 

Yes, it is tragic. Yes, I am tired of hearing about it. But the media knows that morose redundancy sells news.

yes, especially because people go missing all the time and the media couldn't care less. I don't want to be THAT person, but we all know the only reason she is getting this much attention is because she is a young pretty white girl from a middle class family. 

Not so much.  The Laundrie family lives just a few miles from me.   I don't know them.  Since the girl was found and her death declared a homicide I've seen little about it in my reading.  I haven't watched local news.  There seems to be  no rule for what is turned into a big highly publicized case.  Or at least, I don't know what makes that determination when there are no celebrity players.  I don't believe it has anything to do with race, such as suggested by one dimwit MSNBC employee. This post was edited by Thriftymaid at September 24, 2021 5:50 PM MDT