'Just shameless': Add CBS News and CNN to the long list of media outlets shocked and disappointed by the lack of media interest in missing BIPOC

Earlier this week, MSNBC’s Joy Reid complained that the media’s interest in Gabby Petito’s disappearance — and the subsequent discovery of her body — was driven by and a product of “Missing White Woman Syndrome.”

NPR’s version wasn’t quite as inflammatory as Reid’s:

The media's focus on the Gabby Petito case has been frustrating for some people — who point out that the epidemic of missing and murdered indigenous women doesn't get nearly the same media attention.https://t.co/CAEI82oXrL

— NPR (@NPR) September 21, 2021

Washington Post national politics reporter Eugene Scott also highlighted the racial disparity when it comes to covering missing persons:

“In the same area that Gabby Petito disappeared, 710 indigenous people— mostly girls—disappeared between the years of 2011 and 2020 but their stories didn’t lead news cycles …” https://t.co/HJ01B6CsRK

— Eugene Scott (@Eugene_Scott) September 21, 2021

What all of the examples above have in common, other than having a demonstrable liberal bias, is that they all have a platform with which they could draw attention to missing people of color — and they’ve largely chosen not to.

Add CBS News to the list:

Gabby Petito's homicide in Wyoming has become a national story — but it's also shining a light on the hundreds of Indigenous people who went in the missing in the state and didn't get the same attention. @kelseyvlamis reports: pic.twitter.com/QWaFY6XwGD

— CBS News (@CBSNews) September 22, 2021

And no list of shameless media outlets can be complete without CNN:

As cases like Gabby Petito's get national spotlight, Black and brown families with missing loved ones say their cases struggle to grab attention https://t.co/THnMNLDRtT

— CNN (@CNN) September 23, 2021

I think I've now seen at least 20 media stories about how media gives too much attention to white women that are missing and not enough attention to other cases.

Do these outlets/reporters realize that nobody is keeping them from covering other cases? https://t.co/0EEb2LBAo8

— AG (@AGHamilton29) September 23, 2021

As @redsteeze points out, CBS News could have given any of those cases similar attention. Instead, they are using this woman's death and disappearance to complain about their own coverage choices.

— AG (@AGHamilton29) September 23, 2021

Just shameless. This woman’s death is not an opportunity for you to review how your organizations are really bad at their jobs.

No one is stopping CNN from covering those cases. If they want to fess up to being racist, do it apart from the Petito case. https://t.co/HlDAZp4sgI

— AG (@AGHamilton29) September 23, 2021

"Black and brown families with missing loved ones say their cases struggle to grab attention…" WHY though @CNN ?? Do a feature on why YOU and several other news outlets struggle to give these stories national attention. #BeBetter #DoBetter https://t.co/4sbjWK0cv0

— mia lyons (@meeyahmiyahme) September 23, 2021

A young woman's death is not your moment to earn virtue signaling points. Perhaps you cover these issues on your news show instead of shaming people for you not doing YOUR job. https://t.co/zoV8HmFPqA

— Erielle Davidson (@politicalelle) September 23, 2021

The media taking some initiative instead of just complaining about the media not taking initiative? So crazy, it just might work.

If sorry if this comes off in a bad light, but why is this topic only important to these media outlets when its "trending"?

If the issue was so important, which I 100% agree it is, why aren't these news outlets doing more about it?

"Be the change you want to see" https://t.co/QKthPqb4dl

— Steven Coburn (@scifyextremist) September 23, 2021