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mysteryowl

(9,350 posts)
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 09:20 PM Feb 2026

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 Feb 2026 OP
Stupidity Bread and Circuses Feb 2026 #1
Why does it surprise you? Fiendish Thingy Feb 2026 #2
I think it's because many in the media know S Guthrie personally. Nt spooky3 Feb 2026 #3
Pls see #4 SheltieLover Feb 2026 #5
Thanks! spooky3 Feb 2026 #7
Yw SheltieLover Feb 2026 #8
I understand, but it has to be more than that. IMO mysteryowl Feb 2026 #13
Could this be why? SheltieLover Feb 2026 #4
Wow! That is so gangster. mysteryowl Feb 2026 #10
Maybe trying to drag out the story to drive the point home SheltieLover Feb 2026 #12
That this regime is gangster and will hurt you and your family. That point? mysteryowl Feb 2026 #16
Could be... SheltieLover Feb 2026 #17
They didn't just Greg_In_SF Feb 2026 #24
Oh, see, I am not following the day-to-day on this. mysteryowl Feb 2026 #27
No worries! Greg_In_SF Feb 2026 #30
Good point. mysteryowl Feb 2026 #36
This message was self-deleted by its author Rebl2 Feb 2026 #25
because her daughter is famous Takket Feb 2026 #6
I'd never heard of her Skittles Feb 2026 #42
I just said the same to my husband JBTaurus83 Feb 2026 #9
Yes! Thank you! mysteryowl Feb 2026 #14
Trying to drown out the Epstein files info/reporting. n/t flvegan Feb 2026 #11
The only reason they do anything Greg_In_SF Feb 2026 #15
I get that. But, I say they are making the wrong assumption that "everyone" is really interested in this 24/7 mysteryowl Feb 2026 #19
They get ratings Greg_In_SF Feb 2026 #21
Whenever the media JBTaurus83 Feb 2026 #22
Famous relative ITAL Feb 2026 #18
Response #4 mysteryowl Feb 2026 #20
Lindbergh baby scenario makes WAAAY more sense ITAL Feb 2026 #39
I'd have to go read about it to have an opinion. mysteryowl Feb 2026 #40
Because Rebl2 Feb 2026 #23
Yeah, Sheltielover is saying something similar, but about the Epstein victims connection. mysteryowl Feb 2026 #26
Laziness misanthrope Feb 2026 #28
Because it's a sensational story newdeal2 Feb 2026 #29
I wonder if race has something to do with it. White people get press. mysteryowl Feb 2026 #31
And OJ Simpson Greg_In_SF Feb 2026 #32
It reminds me of AI, we are being forced to consume it. mysteryowl Feb 2026 #33
William Randolph Hearst "If it bleeds it leads" Ping Tung Feb 2026 #34
Because they don't want to report the ICE thugs terrorizing our citizens and the Epstein pedo potus connection. kimbutgar Feb 2026 #35
There is a solution. Turn it off. Don't watch. Life is much more enjoyable. That's our last 15 years. NewHendoLib Feb 2026 #37
But then I wouldn't be able to have an opinion about it. mysteryowl Feb 2026 #38
Because she's the mother choie Feb 2026 #41
To distract us from how their fascist King is wrecking our country !!!! Jack Valentino Feb 2026 #43
Because it's happening to one of them. ms liberty Feb 2026 #44
They don't dare to report about our entire country being kidnapped by a psychopathic terrorist group called the GOP yaesu Feb 2026 #45
They do it to instill fear Alice Kramden Feb 2026 #46
Because people are interested in this story. milestogo Feb 2026 #47

mysteryowl

(9,350 posts)
10. Wow! That is so gangster.
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 09:34 PM
Feb 2026

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

(1,312 posts)
24. They didn't just
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 09:47 PM
Feb 2026

get the doorbell video.

They just released the doorbell video. Big difference.

 

Greg_In_SF

(1,312 posts)
30. No worries!
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 09:58 PM
Feb 2026

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)

JBTaurus83

(1,669 posts)
9. I just said the same to my husband
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 09:33 PM
Feb 2026

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.

flvegan

(66,519 posts)
11. Trying to drown out the Epstein files info/reporting. n/t
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 09:34 PM
Feb 2026

Last edited Tue Feb 10, 2026, 10:21 PM - Edit history (1)

mysteryowl

(9,350 posts)
19. I get that. But, I say they are making the wrong assumption that "everyone" is really interested in this 24/7
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 09:43 PM
Feb 2026

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

JBTaurus83

(1,669 posts)
22. Whenever the media
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 09:45 PM
Feb 2026

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

(17,925 posts)
23. Because
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 09:46 PM
Feb 2026

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

(9,350 posts)
26. Yeah, Sheltielover is saying something similar, but about the Epstein victims connection.
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 09:52 PM
Feb 2026

See comment #4

newdeal2

(5,599 posts)
29. Because it's a sensational story
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 09:56 PM
Feb 2026

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

(9,350 posts)
31. I wonder if race has something to do with it. White people get press.
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 10:00 PM
Feb 2026

Native Americans have a horrible record for missing girls.

We never hear about though. Just saying.

Ping Tung

(4,370 posts)
34. William Randolph Hearst "If it bleeds it leads"
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 10:10 PM
Feb 2026

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

(27,549 posts)
35. Because they don't want to report the ICE thugs terrorizing our citizens and the Epstein pedo potus connection.
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 10:14 PM
Feb 2026

NewHendoLib

(61,908 posts)
37. There is a solution. Turn it off. Don't watch. Life is much more enjoyable. That's our last 15 years.
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 10:31 PM
Feb 2026

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

mysteryowl

(9,350 posts)
38. But then I wouldn't be able to have an opinion about it.
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 10:46 PM
Feb 2026



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

(6,990 posts)
41. Because she's the mother
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 11:01 PM
Feb 2026

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

ms liberty

(11,364 posts)
44. Because it's happening to one of them.
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 11:08 PM
Feb 2026

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

(9,448 posts)
45. They don't dare to report about our entire country being kidnapped by a psychopathic terrorist group called the GOP
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 11:24 PM
Feb 2026

so they go to the next best thing.

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