tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post5232927634217507564..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Profiteering off murder and misery: Who does more damage, the MSM or murderabilia peddlers?Gritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-40222866070720312942012-09-26T17:43:48.886-05:002012-09-26T17:43:48.886-05:00Semperfine, the murderers aren't the ones sett...Semperfine, the murderers aren't the ones setting up internet auction sites, that's done by outside vendors for one reason: Demand ginned up by the media. The MSM profiteering off misery is what enables the subsidiary market for murderabilia, which wouldn't exist without it.<br /><br />Also, fwiw, collectors decide what does and doesn't have historical relevance, not politicians, and their choices are mainly a function of media decisions about what's newsworthy. The media hype around Bonnie and Clyde is little different from that surrounding Charles Manson, and to the extent either are historically significant, it has mostly to do with the MSM's choices based on what sells papers, draws viewers, etc.. IMO it's hypocritical for the media to demagogue (as they frequently do) about "murderabilia" when they're the worst offenders of all profiteering off of the actions of killers and creeps.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-15857792852848186052012-09-26T16:27:27.662-05:002012-09-26T16:27:27.662-05:00Grits:
Nancy Grace, regardless of anyone's opi...Grits:<br />Nancy Grace, regardless of anyone's opinion, is not a convicted criminal, especially not a notorious murderer such as Manson or Berkowitz. While some may say that it is reprehensible that she gets an astronomical paycheck for blatant sensationalism, her money is not going into the trust fund of some unrepentant animal who would not have any significance, Darwinian or otherwise, except for the fact that they committed horrendous crimes.SEMPERFINEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-32032863266792917812012-09-26T15:18:23.408-05:002012-09-26T15:18:23.408-05:00Semperfine, doesn't the media also traffic in ...Semperfine, doesn't the media also traffic in a "cottage industry" profiting off murderers' notoriety? How is what Nancy Grace does in that respect any different from the murderabilia peddlers?Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-87829415841955601402012-09-26T08:39:38.597-05:002012-09-26T08:39:38.597-05:00The Murderabilia bill was passed not in an attempt...The Murderabilia bill was passed not in an attempt to void historical relevance; but rather to stop the "cottage" industry of murderer's profiting off their notoriety. The gun that belonged to Clyde Barrow may have historical relevance. Charles Manson's toenail and fingernail clippings do not.Neither did Berkowitz's or Gacy's paintings. <br />It was specifically targeted to prevent convict's from profiting from their crimes after conviction.SEMPERFINEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-38404344899622453482012-09-25T12:04:03.260-05:002012-09-25T12:04:03.260-05:0010:53, I realize you repeat the same comment no ma...10:53, I realize you repeat the same comment no matter what the subject, but the question posed was whether "murderabilia" peddlers or the MSM are more culpable for profiteering off victims' misery. The murderer sitting in prison can't control what the media does, or the auctioneer. That's on them.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-25271990872610959032012-09-25T10:53:19.789-05:002012-09-25T10:53:19.789-05:00Who does more damage? I say the criminal does. We ...Who does more damage? I say the criminal does. We tend to overlook the thug who pulls the trigger and blame everybody else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-59879267272536921012012-09-25T10:47:08.037-05:002012-09-25T10:47:08.037-05:00How much of the money that people pay to see "...How much of the money that people pay to see "old sparky" at the prison museum in Huntsville goes to crime victims? Probably none!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com