"[I]n the hierarchy of victimhood, young beats old, female beats male, domestic beats foreign, fur beats scales, defenseless beats well-armed, pregnant beats nonpregnant, and kittens beat everything."
So says this Slate article on why the press gets hoodwinked by fake victims. Of course, the point also applies to real victims.
Do you think an earlier -- perhaps censored -- draft of the article had one more item in that list: "white beats black"?
As for the part about "female beats male," I'd be interested to know if Nicholas Kristof honestly disagrees with that observation.
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