Dead White Girls -- Across the Pond Edition

Today's major difference between the US and the UK in terms of reporting on murdered prostitues:

The UK cares about their dead prostitutes so long as there is a connection to Britian's proud whore-murdering history

The US does as long as a foot fetishist is involved

The US story-- of street prostitutes of various races murdered weeks and weeks ago, some of who were not reported missing at the time they were found-- will probably make international news now that a kink angle is in the mix as of today. Prior to this, the US story was buried in the TRAVEL SECTION of the NY Times, I guess because the main problem here is it could affect someone's itinerary.

At least the Atlantic City police sounded genuinely upset in previous articles. Nobody else seems to be. Maybe me.

As an aside, check out how the Times' readers get their panties in a knot over the correct use of "Ripper" versus "Strangler"in the comments section of the first story. Their main concern here is getting out their copyediting ya-yas. I'd love to see someone try that with Nicholas Kristoff; he'd probably have them kidnapped and airmailed to Darfur to see what they should really be getting upset about. I love the Times, but sometimes the readership baffles me. On the day after elections, the most read and emailed story on the site was about how to bake bread that doesn't require kneading. Because that's going to change the course of history.