Rape Apes
We don't take too many editorial stands around here but as observers of crime observers, we are disgusted by the whimsical treatment Gawker and Gothamist are giving the Peter Braunstein rape case. There are victims on the other end of these type of stories and the lack of sensitivity is appalling. Please let us know if we ever cross that line.
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Related: LAW AND ORDER: F.U.C.K. Y.O.U.
We will soon return to our regularly scheduled programming of campus bike cops making faceplants on fraternity row.
Related: LAW AND ORDER: F.U.C.K. Y.O.U.
posted by krucoff at 2:12 PM
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Isn't making light of the heinous pretty much the main focus of Blottered?
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# posted by 
: 11:37 AM, November 14, 2005
: 11:37 AM, November 14, 2005
No. You would actually have to read our posts, which I know you don't, to see the angles we take. When someone blows themselves up in a meth lab, that's funny.
I only had to go down 3 posts to find one making fun of a chainsaw murder, which is a lot worse than a rape, in my book. I don't care either way, if it ellicits a chuckle, then it was well done. There are nuances to making light of the heinous, or of any touchy subject, as you well know.
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# posted by : 12:23 PM, November 14, 2005
: 12:23 PM, November 14, 2005
once again, you're wrong. it's presumptuous of you to determine whether getting killed by a hit to the head by a hammer or being brutally raped for 18 hours is worse. i've experienced neither and thus offer no opinion on which is more heinous. but as you said, it's nuances. we here at blottered stay on the right side of them. it is my own personal preference not to cover crime worse than a coke bust or high school vandalism.
Having suffered through both experiences myself, I can say with authority that being killed with a hammer is worse. I'm serious, that shit hurts.
So there's an example of no nuance, a style I am a master of. Anyway, I can't believe you said I was wrong. That's uncalled for. I'm not wrong, in general, and really on the money, in this case. You may not cover rape and murder, personally, but other contributors to this site do, with hilarity. So, as publisher of Blottered, you're part of the problem. You're helping to lower the discourse and moral inhibitions of American culture. Damn you!
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So there's an example of no nuance, a style I am a master of. Anyway, I can't believe you said I was wrong. That's uncalled for. I'm not wrong, in general, and really on the money, in this case. You may not cover rape and murder, personally, but other contributors to this site do, with hilarity. So, as publisher of Blottered, you're part of the problem. You're helping to lower the discourse and moral inhibitions of American culture. Damn you!
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# posted by : 2:00 PM, November 14, 2005
: 2:00 PM, November 14, 2005
Correct me if I'm wrong, but hasn't Gawker's humor all been targeted at the suspect, and not at the victim or the crime? I looked through all the Braunstein posts at Gawker. Around 90% of the content is belittling the asshat perp, the other 10% his retarded employers and co-workers who mistook his insanity for eccentricity or creativity.
Frankly, New York has been inundated with young people who think they can let their guard down, that rape, murder, assault, robbery and mental instability have been erased from the urban landscape. Of course, that's young white people in Manhattan. Up in the Bronx, the residents of Fort Apache know better.
Gothamist, on the other hand...
Frankly, New York has been inundated with young people who think they can let their guard down, that rape, murder, assault, robbery and mental instability have been erased from the urban landscape. Of course, that's young white people in Manhattan. Up in the Bronx, the residents of Fort Apache know better.
Gothamist, on the other hand...
You're gonna have to take it up with TMFTML if you really need to be told what's wrong with Gawker's coverage.
TMFTML doesn't mention Gawker, only Gothamist. Remember, stay on message. It's Gothamist you want. Consult the talking points.
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# posted by : 4:38 PM, November 14, 2005
: 4:38 PM, November 14, 2005
His people talked to my people last week. All the anti-Gawker talk was going on "off-blog." It's how I got tipped about Carr writing the article on Friday.
Once again, Blottered beats NYT to the cutting analysis.
Once again, Blottered beats NYT to the cutting analysis.
You know something-- I'm really starting to hate that little bitch TMFTML. He's got some insane stalker anti-Gothamist hatred going. His site used to be pretty good, but now he posts like once every three weeks, and 1/3rd of the posts are about us. Screw him.
Stop lying. There is no talk "off-blog." I've been there, I've seen it. Doesn't happen.
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# posted by : 11:40 AM, November 15, 2005
: 11:40 AM, November 15, 2005
I don't regularly read Gothamist nor TMFTML so maybe I missed something, but I don't understand what was so wrong about what Gothamist said. There is nothing in the post that is anti-victim or pro-perp. While its tone is a bit light, it's not like it's a NY Post headline which put tabloidy spins on some pretty serous stories.(Not that that bothers me either.)
I took the comments as Gothamist kinda taking a poke at the L&O franchise itself which tends to leap on stories with a fervor, occasionally before any trials or even arrests have taken place. If one is going to be offended, be offended by THAT.
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I took the comments as Gothamist kinda taking a poke at the L&O franchise itself which tends to leap on stories with a fervor, occasionally before any trials or even arrests have taken place. If one is going to be offended, be offended by THAT.
