Central Park Murder Case Summary

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As evidenced by both the transcripts and National Victim Assistance Academy news video coverage (2007), the crimes that tend to be reported are ones that involve disturbing and violent crimes, often involving an upper-class perpetrator, victim or neighborhood. Additionally, if a sexual element is present or even implied within the story, the news media will focus heavily on this element, by including innuendo and further sensationalizing the story, as seen in the Central Park murder case. In the news video, the sexual element of the Central Park murder sensationalized the case, and the victim was demonized because of implied sexual activity. This would support the conservative tendency as evidenced within the lecture notes (2015). However,