News Cut: December 1, 2012 Archive

The lost story in Kansas City

Posted at 11:04 AM on December 1, 2012 by Bob Collins (11 Comments)
Filed under: Crime and Justice, Media

How much do we elevate the importance of professional football players? A tragedy in Kansas City today provides an answer.

A Kansas City Chiefs player killed himself at the team's practice facility. The team's fan website has the important details in its headline...

At CBS sports, the importance of the tragedy on fans' fantasy teams had to be considered...

And USA Today was on top of the story...

BREAKING: Reports: K.C. Chiefs player commits suicide at team facility usatoday.com

— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) December 1, 2012

So was NFL.com

And NPR...

Reports: Kansas City Chiefs Player Kills Self Near Stadium n.pr/TAFAb7

— NPR News (@nprnews) December 1, 2012

CNN only hinted that there might be more to this...

The Washington Post -- appropriately -- provided the missing detail...

Domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women between the ages of 15 and 44. A woman is beaten every 15 seconds, according to the FBI. Of all female homicide victims, 30 percent are killed by spouses, ex-spouses, boyfriends or ex-boyfriends. Fifteen hundred women die each year the way a woman died today in Kansas City.

That's the story.

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