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Murdoch's Sexist Coverage Of Pistorius Murder Case

Posted by Ellen -7859.80pc on February 15, 2013 · Flag

Leave it to the Murdoch newspapers to throw cheesecake and sexism into their coverage of the disturbing case of the arrest of Olympian Oscar Pistorius for murder.

As Think Progress wrote:

On Thursday, Olympic fans grappled with the horrifying news that Paralympian and Olympian runner Oscar Pistorius may have pre-meditatively shot and killed his girlfriend, South African model Reeva Steenkamp. The public took a collective moment to reconsider previously glorifying (and now chilling) portrayals of the double amputee Olympain as a hero.

But The Sun, a News Corp.-owned, UK-based gossip rag, did not use their front page to take a critical look at the man behind the gun. Rather, the paper used the alleged murder as an opportunity to exploit the dead woman’s body, running a photo of Steenkamp in a bikini:

Photo below via Think Progress.

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truman commented 2013-02-16 11:07:12 -0500 · Flag
When his purple pill doesn’t get a rise out of his tiny pee pee, Wrinkled Rupert turns to the front page of The Sun.
Kent Brockman commented 2013-02-15 23:49:13 -0500 · Flag
Murdoch projects himself with his Empire of Sleaze. It’s a placeholder for the organ he can’t get to toot.
Janet Tuhey commented 2013-02-15 22:42:43 -0500 · Flag
I can’t wait to see the author and his (no woman would write this tripe) editor on Bile’s show where he will tell them that they were “…insensitive. You’re IN-SENSITIVE to the victims’ families. And that’s what you were.”
Aria Prescott commented 2013-02-15 19:19:30 -0500 · Flag
Murdoch sure does love ghoulishly exploiting dead women… doesn’t he?
NewsHounds posted about Murdoch's Sexist Coverage Of Pistorius Murder Case on NewsHounds' Facebook page 2013-02-15 19:08:26 -0500
Figures!








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