rape culture

[aroraborealis]

CNN recently aired some coverage of the verdicts against the Steubenville rapists that was all, "boo hoo, these poor boys' lives are ruined." I won't link to the video, but here's a link to The Raw Story's critique of it. The critique is right on, and I am utterly amazed and disgusted at the CNN coverage. I largely avoid mainstream media, because,

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[woodwardiocom]

When WWTDD is making snarky comments about CNN's sympathy for rapists, you know CNN's screwed up. (One might accuse WWTDD of normally being home to galloping misogyny.)

Thanks for those links

[drwex]

I bookmarked the Nation one, but the Forbes one didn't load for me - just gave a blank page. Might be because I'm not a subscriber or logged in or something.

That said... seriously CNN? WTF? How far this station has fallen since Turner sold it depresses me.

[moominmolly]

So what's the story of why this case became so wildly popular in the first place? It's not like there aren't thousands of rape cases involving underage drinking.