How Police Contribute To the Media’s Fixation On the ‘Missing White Woman Syndrome’

Carol Liebler, communications professor in the Newhouse School, was interviewed by the Los Angeles Times, “Gabby Petito and one way to break media’s ‘missing white woman syndrome’”

Liebler discussed this issue of ‘missing white woman syndrome’ and the media’s tendency to prioritize stories featuring white women over others. She said, “Police have way too much influence in determining which missing people the news media cover. They are real gatekeepers in that regard.”