# Wichita massacre - why no coverage? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 10, 2002, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wichita-massacre-why-no-coverage/131689 "2002-10-10T15:31:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2002, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wichita-massacre-why-no-coverage/131689/1 "2002-10-10T15:31:22Z")
The survivor of this massacre started to give her testimony in court today, but apparently the judge has asked the media to put a lid on it; the result is that this website: [http://wichita-massacre.com/](http://wichita-massacre.com/) is actually selling the testimony, and it’s pretty obvious who the main buyers are gonna be. Court-TV were going to cover this at first, then changed their mind. The judge may have had the best of motives, but the result is that someone is going to get rich from this poor girl’s ordeal. ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2002, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wichita-massacre-why-no-coverage/131689/2 "2002-10-10T16:26:41Z")
> [@](#): > > The survivor of this massacre started to give her testimony in court today The survivor of that massacre started to give her testimony in court yesterday, during which she identified her attackers. [http://cjonline.com/stories/100902/bre\_carr.shtml](http://cjonline.com/stories/100902/bre_carr.shtml) > [@](#): > > the judge has asked the media to put a lid on it I don’t see any mentions of a gag order being issued this morning. Got a cite? It’s all over the Dodge City, Kansas _Globe_. [http://www.dodgeglobe.com/stories/101002/sta\_carrs.shtml](http://www.dodgeglobe.com/stories/101002/sta_carrs.shtml) And the Wichita _Eagle_. > **[Wichita KS Breaking News, Sports & Crime | The Wichita Eagle](https://www.kansas.com/)** The Topeka _Capital-Journal_. [http://www.cjonline.com/stories/100802/kan\_carrtrial.shtml](http://www.cjonline.com/stories/100802/kan_carrtrial.shtml) WIBW. [http://www.wibw.com/home/headlines/116481.html](http://www.wibw.com/home/headlines/116481.html) The Manhattan, Kansas _Mercury_. [http://www.themercury.com/stories/article.7211.shtml](http://www.themercury.com/stories/article.7211.shtml) The Washington _Times_. [http://www.washtimes.com/national/20021007-5521566.htm](http://www.washtimes.com/national/20021007-5521566.htm) Fox. [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,65110,00.html](http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,65110,00.html) > **[CNN - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos](https://www.cnn.com/)** > > View the latest news and breaking news today for U.S., world, weather, entertainment, politics and health at CNN.com. [http://www.cnn.com/2002/LAW/10/04/ctv.carr/](http://www.cnn.com/2002/LAW/10/04/ctv.carr/) That website isn’t selling the “testimony”–what they’re selling is just a copy of the preliminary hearing from April of 2001, which doesn’t mean a thing except as a sick souvenir of some sort. > [@](#): > > someone is going to get rich from this poor girl’s ordeal. Um, no, someone is going to get rich from the gullibility of Internet buyers who think they’re getting something special. It’s hardly being done in a corner. No gag orders that I can see. ---
**Author:** ![sigSEGV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5a626/32.png) [@sigSEGV](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sigSEGV)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2002, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wichita-massacre-why-no-coverage/131689/3 "2002-10-10T22:52:06Z")
She started her testimony yesterday, and it was all covered live on local TV and radio. ---
**Author:** ![stockton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5a626/32.png) [@stockton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stockton)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wichita-massacre-why-no-coverage/131689/4 "2002-10-11T02:53:10Z")
I’ve followed this case for the last 3 days, from Atlanta. No media blackout, thanks to the sources cited above. By the way: Beware if you put the alleged perps names and the state (Kansas) into Google. My company’s firewall blocked about 2/3, with the rationale: RACIST:1 SEX:1 etc. A LOT of the links lead to white supremacist/segregationist sites with… problematic and slanted opinions about the disposition of these 2 accused folks. The details of the crime(s) are horrible. Not for the weak-of-heart. ---
**Author:** ![trader\_of\_shots](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@trader\_of\_shots](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trader_of_shots)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wichita-massacre-why-no-coverage/131689/5 "2002-10-11T10:54:48Z")
I am curious … if the accused are found guilty, what sentences are likely to be handed down ? ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wichita-massacre-why-no-coverage/131689/6 "2002-10-11T12:16:46Z")
Kansas is a [Death Penalty State](http://www.moratorium2000.org/facts/statebystate.lasso). This case seems to be of that level. Please take any Death Penalty debates to GD. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wichita-massacre-why-no-coverage/131689/7 "2002-10-11T13:07:32Z")
What can I say except … Doh! ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wichita-massacre-why-no-coverage/131689/8 "2002-10-11T13:13:04Z")
Well, you could _also_ tell us where you got the impression that there was a media blackout of some kind. And also how you heard about the case in the first place. Is it the Talk of the Town in Portsmouth, or what? Just curious.