Media Attention

Question: How do we decide which cases get the most media attention?

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I remember last year when California was about to allow gay marriage. All of America was talking. By all of America, I mean celebrities - Elton John, Madonna, Lindsay Lohan, Ellen DeGeneres, etc- were talking for months... demanding media attention, DEMANDING to get things done.

But, this month Iowa and Vermont have approved same-sex marriages and no one is really talking about it.

I am yet to see about it on television, hear about it on radio, read about it in a newspaper, and barely click on anything about it on the internet.

I also feel that way about missing persons cases. According to the latest report by the National Crime Investigation Center (associated with the FBI), over 800,000 missing persons cases were reported in 2007. However, as late as last year, missing persons cases like Natalee Holloway's (pictured to the right) were still making headlines.

I just don't understand how some cases are oversaturated and others don't even get a drop of gravy...